RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 23rd January, 2019
Antique late 19th Century Imperial Russian solid silver five piece tea and coffee set, comprising of teapot, coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and cake basket, although by different makers the set features an identical and very unusual Rococo design, extremely heavy gauge, each hinged cover terminating with a cast floral finial, plain scroll handles, richly gilt inside.
Reference Number: A5580
20th Century Japanese Meiji period monumental silver bowl, exceptional and magnificent quality, double walled on three scroll leaf feet, embossed with chrysanthemums.
Marked with jin-jung mark, meaning pure silver (1000 pure silver), used primary in the Meiji period (1868-1912), signed with character marks (possibly for Eigyoku)
Reference Number: B5667
19th Century French set of twelve silver dinner plates, each of shaped-circular form with ovolo borders. Engraved with the important Melzi family crest (Francesco Melzi, c.1491-1568/70 was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He was a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci)
Hallmarked French silver (950 standard), Paris, Marks for Odiot.
Reference Number: A5610