RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 15th April, 2021
19th Century French Chinoiserie silver teapot, of round form resting on a flat base, the plain body applied with finely and profusely chased panels with figures in a landscape, surrounded by cross-key boarders, the handle and spout imitating bamboo and the finial in the form of a flower.
Hallmarked with Dutch import mark (crowned V), a French lozenge mark and stamped with a retailers mark for MOREL & CIE for Jean-Valentin Morel.
Reference Number: A6828
20th Century Japanese Meiji period, silver mounted on wood large serving tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, chased, embossed and applied with dragons in very high relief amongst clouds, with c-form handles, also applied with dragons with elongated flowing whiskers on hammered ground.
Reference Number: A6745
19th Century French Louis XVI style silver-gilt four piece tea set, comprising of a coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug, all richly gilt throughout. Each piece standing on cast scroll feet, decorated with laurel leaves and overlapping coins, the body partly fluted, decorated with rosettes and draperies, set with carved grotesque wood handles, the edges applied with silver pearl boarders.
Hallmarked French Minerva (950), Paris, Maker E.C for Maison Cardeilhac.
Reference Number: C6872