RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 3rd January, 2017.
20th Century Imperial Russian Faberge jewelled two-color gold and enamel cigarette case, with alternating horizontal engine-turned panels and white opaque enamel stripes, the cigarette case's hinged cover with a diamond-set thumb-piece.
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (583 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1908-1917, Maker's mark H.W for Henrik Wigstrom, 'Faberge' retail mark.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4367
19th Century Victorian silver christening set, comprising a fork, knife and spoon, beautifully made in the apostle pattern. Hallmarked English Silver (925), London, two year 1855 (U), Maker's mark FH for Francis Higgins.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4483
19th Century French silver-gilt & hand-painted enamel scent bottle, of plain tapering form, the silver mount is richly gilded, body and hinged cover hand-painted depicting an exceptionally well-painted Romantic scene: a Renaissance princess is escaping a tower helped by her maid and a prince is waiting for her on a boat, the castle is surrounded by a river and a detailed landscape.
Hallmarked with a high-standard French silver mark (Boar head).
REFERENCE NUMBER: MZ
20th Century Imperial Russian two-colour gold-mounted guilloche enamel pencil holder, of flattened rectangular form, enameled in translucent ice blue over a wavy guilloché ground, the gold collar decorated with gold leaf boarder.
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (583 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1908-1917, Maker's mark A.A for Andrei Karlowitsch Adler.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4392
18K Gold plated large cigarette lighter, rectangular form featuring a stylish reeded design. The cigarette case is very stylish and comes in the original Cartier box.
The lighter is marked "CARTIER, PARIS" F78578
Reference Number: A4481
20th Century French Cartier Art Deco gold box, of rectangular form with rounded coarners, the lid set with a carved leaf shaped Jade plaque of Chinese ispiration, mounted on platinum set with 11 diamonds, the whole box is embellished by champleve' black enamel. The push button to open the box also set with 4 diamonds.
Hallmarked French gold (18 Karat gold and 750), signed CARTIER PARIS, MADE IN FRANCE, the box dates to 1920-25.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4397
