RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 7th December, 2020
19th Century Burmese (Myanmar) silver repousse' bowl, repousse' decorated in high relief with scenes from the Burmese mythology, representing various figures and animals in a landscape, with very detailed scenes, the base decorated with a dense betel leaf boarder and the top with scrolls and vacant reserves.
Reference Number: A6492
Reference Number: D6655
20th Century Austria silver & enamel cigar case, of rounded rectangular form, the surface applied with multi-coloured and shaded enamels depicting Leda and the Swan, the reverse is plain, the inside is richly parcel gilt. Leda and the Swan is a story from the Greek mythology in which the king of all gods Zeus, transforms into the form of a swan, to seduces or rape Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda gave birth to Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.
Hallmarked with Austrian and German marks, a German mark moon and crescent (800 standard), Vienna (A), Austrian dogs head mark (800 standard), Maker's mark G.A.S for Scheid Georg Adam.
Reference Number: C6673