Small Sculpture of a Nude Boy on Malachite Base, Benjamin Schlick -Mid-19th Cent

Description

A fine quality mid-19th century silver electroplate sculpture of a nude male figure after the antique, on original malachite base. … more A fine quality mid-19th century silver electroplate sculpture of a nude male figure after the antique, on original malachite base.
A classical motif portraying a young boy wrestling a serpent while on a lion rug surrounded by a three dimensional frieze.
signed Benjamin Schlick ( 1796-1872)
Benjamin Schlick was a Dane that lived in France and was made a Chevalier of the French Légion d'Honneur. He later moved to England and worked for Elkington Mason & Co. Some of his patrons were Frederick VI of Denmark, Charles X of France, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, Prince Torlonia in Rome and Prince Nicolai of Russia.
An inkwell desk accessory by Benjamin Schlick was chosen by Queen Victoria as a gift to her husband Prince Albert in 1950.
Can be used as an accessory, in a vitrine, display cabinet, as a work of art on a coffee table, console, dresser...... less