RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 25th January, 2019
Antique early-20th Century Japanese Meiji period, solid silver six-piece tea and coffee set on tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, chased, embossed and applied with a water dragon in very high relief, with dragon-form handles and spouts applied with elongated flowing whiskers. Hallmarked with the makers mark; Shokosha, Pure Silver (950+ high grade silver), tray by Arthur & Bond, Yokohama.
Hallmarked with the makers mark; Shokosha, Pure Silver (950+).
Reference Number: A5595 / A5752/1
19th Century Chinese silver salver, of large size and gauge, the boarder chased with beautifully scenes in relief depicting birds amongst trees, the center engraved with six pannels decorated with different scenes of birds amongst floliage.
Hallmarked HC for Houcheong.
Reference Number: A5679
20th Century Japanese Meiji period silver bowl, oval shaped, double walled, chased and embossed with blossoming irises and chrysanthemum in high relief on matted ground, shaped floral rim applied with a pronounced boarder and standing on a spreading foot.
The base is Hallmarked Japanese silver, 'Jun-gin' mark, meaning 'pure silver'.
Reference Number: B5685