RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 7th January, 2019
20th Century Imperial Russian gem set 14k gold Royal kovsh, repoussé and chased with panels of rococo scrolling foliate cartouches enclosing rubies flanked by diamonds on the sides and back, the front mounted with a diamond-set cypher of Nicholas II, the handle with a jewelled Imperial crown.
Hallmarked Russian gold 56 (585 standard), St-Petersburg, Fabergé in Cyrillic, scratched inventory number 14819, Maker's mark W.H. for Henrik Wigstrom.
Reference Number: A5651
20th Century Japanese Meiji period very fine silvered figure of a egret. The naturalistically modeled bird with gold set eyes, with realistic engraved feathers, applied with niello decoration to the head and back.
Reference Number: A5682