RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 13TH OF APRIL, 2016.
Early-20th Century pair of large and fine German silver figures, each parcel gilt and modelled as a knight in full suits of armour, carved face beneath a hinged visor, one sporting a sword and the other an axe, both holding a shield applied and chased with armorials.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4129
19th Century pair of Victorian Silver decorative dishes, each realistically modelled as a leaf, resting on snail feet, finely chased imitating the organic texture. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1847 (m), Maker's mark ISH for John Samuel Hunt.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4126
19th Century Victorian Silver matched tea and coffee set, comprising of coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, a lidded cream jug and a matched silver plated tea kettle on stand, each piece very rare and desirable "Louis Pattern" style, beautifully chased with flowers and scrolls, leaf-capped handles and cast scrolling feet, each lid is applied with a cast shell and scroll border and surmounted by a cast finial beautifully modelled as an eagle. Hallmarked English silver (925), the coffee pot, teapot and cream jug made in Sheffield, year 1858 (P), 1862 (U) and 1866 (Y), maker's mark RMEH (Martin, Hall & Co), the matched sugar bowl made in Dublin, year 1860 (p), Maker's mark SLB for Samuel Le Bas).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4132
20th Century Indian Silver bowl, repousse' decorated in relief with figures and villages in a landscape. The rim is engraved with an important inscription: "SIALKOT RACES 1910 HORSE STEEPLECHASE WON BY R. WYNDHAM QUINS B. AUS. M. MELODY. PRESENTED BY KHAN ABDUL GAFOOR KHAN".
The decoration depicting Indian villages and farming life is typically from The base is not marked, but acid tested shows a 900+ standard. The bowl dates before 1910.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4120
20th Century Indian Silver two-handled trophy cup, repoussé decorated in relief with scrolling foliage and exceptional hunting scenes, cast handles depicting winged dragons.
The cup is engraved "JAM OF LUSBYLA "CUP"", "WON BY LUCKY STAR 1901". Probably referring to the Las Bela State, a princely state of the British Raj.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4124
19th Century set of four Chinese Export Silver vases, beautifully cast with figures and animals in a landscape, exceptionally high-relief and finely engraved.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4135
20th Century Indian Silver bowl, repousse' decorated in relief with figures and villages in a landscape. The rim is engraved with an important inscription: "SIALKOT RACES 1910 HORSE STEEPLECHASE WON BY R. WYNDHAM QUINS B. AUS. M. MELODY. PRESENTED BY KHAN ABDUL GAFOOR KHAN".
The decoration depicting Indian villages and farming life is typically from The base is not marked, but acid tested shows a 900+ standard. The bowl dates before 1910.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4120
20th Century Indian Silver ewer, the body is profusely and beautifully decorated with the typically Kashmiri stylized foliage known as the Islamic-inspired "shawl pattern".
The silver is not hallmarked as always the case for Kashmiri silver, acid tested shows a 800+ silver standard, it dates to the 1910-20.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4131
