A LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN BRONZE CARYATID FIGURE OF MERCURY, wearing his winged hat and holding a purse in his left hand, his drapery secured by a sash tied across his body, terminating in a tapering support with trailing bell flowers and acanthus leaves to the base, the back hollow and with initials 'HPR', probably a mount from a piece of furniture, 24.5cm high