Matched Pair of Gas Figural Mercury Newel Post Lights that can be fitted as Table standards. Absolutely magnificent. They retain about 90% of their original finish. Mercury is rising off the globe and appears as if he will take flight at any moment. The quality of the casting is breathtaking, you can see his musculature, tendons and bones beneath his skin. On one of the arms there is a surface crack in the metal that is not structural and will be virtually undetectable once it is repaired, other than this damage and the slight loss to the original finsh they are in mint condition. Fitted here with Painted milk glass shades in blue and gray with gold tracery, most likely Sandwich .

American Circa 1870, probably MitchellVance & Co.

Dimensions: Height: 37"-, Width at widest where leg is outstretched is 7.5 inches, original wooden newel post mounted base is 6.5 inches in diameter.