RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 19th April, 2017
Antique 19th Century Austrian exceptionally rare solid silver gilt, enamel and rock crystal hunting horn with cover. The rock crystal engraved with chimeras among scrollwork, with silver gilt mounts with pierced and enamelled hunting scenes amid strapwork and set with precious gem stones, terminating in a fox head and paws. The horn supported by a mythical winged hippocamp and the detachable lid mounted with a small stag finial.
Reference Number: A4363
19th Century Georgian exceptional 18K gold very large and heavy snuff box, of rectangular form, all over engraved with engine turned decoration. The lid applied with a cast floral thumb-piece.
Hallmarked English gold (18, 750 standard), London, year 1824 (i), Maker W.E (William Edwards).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4617
19th Century Imperial Russian silver tromp l'oeil cigar box, of rectangular form, the hinged cover and sides are engraved with tax bands and warrents, the center bearing initials and dated 1876-1886. Both parts are Hallmarked Russian silver 84.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4610
20th Century Italian silver figural tazza, the dish beautifully decorated with Cellini style scrolling foliage, the dish with beaded boarder and mounted with realistically modelled dragon handles, the circular base rests on four feet naturalistically modelled as roaring dragon heads. the dish rests on an inverted pear shaped stem decorated with very fine acanthus leaves and masks. Hallmarked with Italian silver 800, Milano, Maker A Giacche.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4607
Antique early 20th Century Spanish very impressive solid silver model of a ship, called a "Nef" in the style of the 15th-16th Century examples, impressively large and very detailed. The three-masted galleon with pierced gallery and crew on board deck and in crows nests. The hull applied with cannons, the hull supported by a stand.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4622
19th Century German Silver impressively large sleigh shaped centerpiece bowl. The leaf shaped bowl resting on two sleighs, being pushed by a semi-nude boy on ice skates. Hallmarked German silver (800), City of Heilbronn, Maker Bruckmann & Sohne, also bearing Austrian import mark and a French silver weevil import mark.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4601
Antique 20th Century Italian E.Avolio solid silver pair of sculptures with gilded rococo bases, one representing two putti holding grapevine and the other representing one putti covered with a cloak. The quality of the sculptures is very fine, heavy and well modelled, made by one of the greatest Italian silversmiths of the early 20th Century. All figures signed Eugenio Avolio
Reference Number: A4605
19th Century German silver biscuit box, with three hinged shell shaped sides, decorated with flowers and scrolls, mounted with three miniature hinged pull handles, supported on a three sided stand, the top and sides mounted with cast figures of cherubs, inside pierced hinged grills are richly gilt. Hallmarked with German Hanau silver marks (830 standard), Maker J.D Schleissner Sohne.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A4623
