RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 18th December, 2020
20th Century German Hanau silver figure modelled as a standing stork. The statue is stunningly well-refined and realistically modelled in every small detail, it stands on long legs, has a detachable head and set with realistic glass eyes.
Reference Number: A6515
This item is eligible for the Pushkin’s Promise scheme.
19th Century Imperial Russian silver tromp l'oeil cigar box, rectangular shape, the hinged cover, sides and base chased and engraved to simulate woodgrain, tobacco tax bands and richly gilt interior.
Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875 standard), St-Petersburg, year 1876, Maker's mark MN for Michail Ivanov.
Reference Number: A6462
19th Century German (Hanau) silver large lidded tankard, in the style of the early 16th Century example, beautifully chased and embossed with a very detailed and crowded battle scenes, the base decorated with scrolling foliage and fruits in relief, large scroll handle terminating with a leaf-shaped thumb-piece, hinged domed cover in the same style applied with a large figure of a soldier with a spear as a finial.
Hallmarked with German makers mark WSH in a heart used by Weinranck and Schmidt, Hanau.
Reference Number: A6621