RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 1st July, 2022
19th Century Imperial Russian silver-gilt and cloisonne' enamel sugar bowl and cream jug, particularly large size and fine quality, richly gilt lobed bodies enamelled with shaded cloisonne' enamel.
Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875 standard), Moscow, 1894, Maker Ivan Saltykov.
Reference Number: B8037
Antique late-19th Century Russian cast gilt bronze of 'Oprichnik' (Prince Vyazemskii) by the renowned Evgeni Alexandrovich Lanceray, 1848-1886. Evgeni Lanceray, was an exceptionally well known Russian sculptor of the 19th century. He is particularly noted for his strong modeling of horses and interest in Middle Eastern and Russian subjects.
Reference Number: A8042
19th Century Russian cast bronze of 'The Cossack's Farewell (Kiss) by the renowned Vasily Yakovlevich Grachev (1831 -1905) St. Petersburg, Russia. The artist was the main competitor to E. Lanceray. Vasily stopped modelling after E. Lanceray's death in 1886. Both of them together made a realy great input to the Russian sculptural art by competing and inspiring each other during the period of 1873 - 1886.
Reference Number: A8041