RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 14TH OF JULY, 2016.
Stunning 20th Century Belgian (Antwerp), gem set desk clock, modeled as a rock crystal stork, head mounted in gold and set with a diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and rubies with a lapis lazuli beak and with a rose quartz clock to the lapis lazuli base.
The foot is hallmarked 18ct (750 gold standard), the clock mother of pearl face bears the retailer and jeweler Frohmann, Jewellers.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5327
19th Century Indian silver zoomorphic silver lidded jug, of very unusual shape which is partially based on the classical Askos jug, native to ancient Greece. Standing on four cast and chased bird feet, the neck, body and handle are deeply chased with scrolling flower and leaf motifs inspired by the flowers and leaves of the coriander plant. Two snakes split from the handle to surround and connect to the neck, the hinged lid has been mounted with two tigers.
Not hallmarked as always the case for Kashmiri silver, acid tested shows as 800+ silver standard, it dates to the 1870's.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5359
19th Century French Empire style exceptional silver six piece tea service, consisting of a hot water urn with removable burner, coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl, waist bowl and cream jug, all on inverted domed bases, the body applied with acanthus leaves handles and boarders, carved ebonised handles, lids mounted with cast pine cone finials.
Hallmarked French silver (Minerva, 950 standard), Maker J.M (Unknown).
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5346
20th Century Imperial Russian Art Nouveau silver photograph frame in its original presentation case, extremely large size, applied with elaborate Art Nouveau decorations and an engraved plaque depicting two wolves running together amongst the wild Russian forest. Inside the box is fabric bound, presentation case and frame both with easel supports and mounted with beveled glass to protect the photos.
Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875), Moscow, Assay master Ivan Lebedkin, Makers mark for Alexander Ivanovich Piskarev.
REFERENCE NUMBER: A5236