RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 17th August, 2018
20th Century Russian Faberge 14k gold cigarette case, samorodok decoration, cleverly designed invisible lid and hinge, top set with a ruby cabochon thumbpiece.
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (585), St-Petersburg, Maker's mark A.H for August Hollming, Faberge retail mark in Cyrillic, French gold guarantee marks.
Reference Number: A5492
18th Century French three-coloured 18k gold snuff box, of oval form, engine turned, chased with floral decorations in oval reserves, within flowers and husk garlands on a matted ground.
Hallmarked with French hallmarks, Paris, 1785-1786, Maker Orfevre Pierre-Francois Mathis de Beaulieu.
Reference Number: A5430
Antique 19th Century German 18k gold snuff box, of oval shape, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled with grisaille miniatures depicting bacchanalian and classical roman scenes on a hatched pink ground, lid boarder within translucent dark-blue enamel frame and applied engraved foliate gold borders.
Hallmarked with German Hanau pseudo marks, Crowned PBM, (Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu, Paris, 1782), French gold guarantee marks.
Reference Number: A5487
20th Century Cartier Art Deco 18 Carat gold compact, of circular form, set with diamond monogram and banquet cut diamonds push-button, both sides are inlaid with floral design champleve' creamy pink enamel and engraved sunburst motif to cover and back. The inside of the cover is set with a mirror.
Hallmarked English 18k gold (750 standard), London, Year 1935 (u), J.C (Jacques Cartier, Mansfield st, London). The top set with the monogram B.S (Beatrice Sigrist, Lady Ormerod of aristocratic White Russian descent, the mother of Princess Fredericka Ann Guirey)
Reference Number: C7917
18th Century German 18k gold snuff box, the lid decorated with a delicately hand painted miniature depicting a finely dressed courting couple in a rose garden, standing beside a flowing fountain, sides and base painted in various colours of enamel in white reserves and surrounded by a garland leaf boarders.
Hallmarked with a Crowned AI, Hanau, c.1770-1790, French gold guarantee marks.
Reference Number: A5488
