RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 14th January, 2019
20th Century Exceptional Russian silver gilt, guilloche enamel and wood photograph frame, rectangular shape, the bound reeded bezel border set within translucent light blue-coloured enamel over moiré engine-turning, wood surround, back and strut, sides mounted with a very fine acanthus leaf boarders and applied with scrolling floral plaques.
Hallmarked Russian silver 88 (915), St-Petersburg, Maker 3rd Artel - Active between 1908 and 1917 in St. Petersburg, it included almost thirty artisans and it produced artworks for Faberge and for the Imperial family
Reference Number: A5494
20th Century German 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 decorated in relief and the front applied with a cast grotesque bird and deck applied with cannons, the hull supported by four grotesque birds.
Reference Number: A5607
20th Century German silver ornamental, realistically modelled figure of a cockerel, of large size, with detachable head and spreading wings, heavy gauge and high quality of workmanship. The figure is beautifully engraved to the last detail and well refined.
Hallmarked with German Hanau marks of B.Neresheimer & Sohne.
Reference Number: A5678