RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 17th April, 2018.
20th Century Japanese silver large five-piece tea & coffee service on silver mounted wooden tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, double walled, embossed and applied with Iris flowers in high relief, with C-form handles and lids applied with Iris bulbs.
Hallmarked STERLING (925+), Maker Arthur & Bond, Yokohama.
Reference Number: A5299
19th Century Imperial Russian silver & enamel cigarette case, rectangular form with rounded corners, both side decorated with traditional Russian stylized flowers and foliage in polychrome cloisonne' enamel, the cigarette case is richly parcel gilded.
Hallmarked Russian silver 88 (915), Moscow, year 1899-1908, Maker's mark for Nikolai Nemirov-Kolodkin.
Reference Number: A5298
19th Century French Important silver-gilt dinner bell on stand. Made on commission, by undoubtedly two very important French noble families to celebrate the joining of two households in marriage. The domed bell cast with a crowned two family overlapping coats of arms, the baluster handle cast with acanthus leaves and top mounted with a royal crown. The plate decorated with a leaf and ribbon tied border and the center engraved with a large crest of two families.
Hallmarked French silver (950+ standard), Austrian import marks, Maker Quizille Lemcine.
Reference Number: A5294
19th Century Victorian novelty silver mounted horse shoe decanter, the horses hoof silver mounted with a decanter, applied with a strap and buckle, with handle shaped as a jockeys crop, mounted with a spur hinge and a lid in a shape of a jockeys cap. The plain decanter engraved with the motto, "Fide et Virtute", which translates from Latin "By Faith and By Courage" is the family motto of WilliamEwart Gladstone, four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1868-1894.
Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1883 (H), Maker L.D for Louis Dee.
Reference Number: A5300
19th Century Scottish silver tea service, comprising a hot water pot, teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each piece particularly crisp and decorative, central band chased with Chinese inspired decoration and stylised key scroll decoration, vacant cartouches to each piece, the hinged lids mounted with pagoda finials.
Hallmarked Scottish silver (925), Glasgow, year 1875 (E), Maker's mark "J.R" for John Reid & Co, retailers stamp for ‘Edward & Sons, London & Glasgow’.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5290