An Austro-Hungarian parcel-gilt silver, lapis and enamelled house altar, Mayerhofer & Klinkosch, Vienna, 1857

in Troubador style, formed as a tabernacle enclosing the figures of Count and Countess Erdödy de Monyorókerék dressed as Romance figures kneeling before the Virgin queen shielding family members under her cloak before a Lapis Lazuli ground, behind doors applied  with figures of various male and female saints and inscribed on one with male and on the other with female family Christian names, surmounted by St George and the Dragon and inscribed on the back with dedication for the 50th anniversary of the count and countess dated 1857, original lock and key,  on a black marble plinth

Commissioned in 1857 for Count Georg von Erdödy de Monyordkareck (1785- 1859) and his wife countess Marie Ottilie Gobertine born von Aspremont-Lynden (1787- 1866)

overall good condition, equestrian figure detached, one putti at top loose, would benefit from professional cleaning. For all sales which take place on or after 1 February 2015, please note that the rate of buyer's premium for each lot (charged as a percentage of the hammer price achieved for that lot) has been revised and shall be calculated at the thresholds set out below: Buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including £100,000; Buyer's premium is 20% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £100, 000 up to and including £1,800,000; Buyer's premium is 12% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £1,800,000. As stated above, the revised thresholds are effective as of 1 February 2015.
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The inscription reads:
Ihren innigsliebten und hochverehrten/ Familienhauptern/ den excellenzen /Herrn Grafen Georg v. Erdödy/ und /Frau Graefin Marie Erdödy/  geboren Graefin v. Aspremont Linden Baind /weihen als Hochzeitsgaben /zum Fünftzigjahren ehe-Jubilaeum /am 22sten Februar 1857/ saemtliche Familienglieder/ diefs Denkmahl zur/ immeraehrenden Erinnerung/ an diesen gnadenvollen Moment/ und soll dafselbe /nach dem Willen der gefeierten Jubilare /in Künftigen zeiten/ immer bey dem Aeltesten den Familie/ aufbewahrt werden