RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 28th April, 2019

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ANTIQUE 20thC ITALIAN AVOLIO SOLID SILVER CANDELABRA, NAPLES c.1930

20th Century Italian silver pair of sculptural candelabra with gilded rococo bases on marble stands, representing a male and female centaur each holding a cornucopia supporting a acanthus leaf five light candelabrum. 

All figures signed Avolio, a very important silversmiths firm specializing in impressive sculptural pieces inspired to Classical Italian art. Hallmarked 800 (800+ silver standard), Signed Avolio (Luigi & Eugenio Avolio, active 1935-1971)

Reference Number: A5735

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ANTIQUE 19thC RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT LIDDED CUP, TULA c.1825

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ANTIQUE 20thC RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT & ENAMEL TEA CADDY, ST-PETERSBURG c.1910

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ANTIQUE 20thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER IMPRESSIVE LARGE NEFF GALLEON SHIP c.1930

20th Century German silver model of a ship, called a "Nef" in the style of the 15th-16th Century examples, impressively large and very detailed. The three-masted galleon with pierced gallery and crew on board deck and in crows nests. The hull decorated in relief and the front applied with a cast grotesque bird and deck applied with cannons, the hull supported by four grotesque birds.

Reference Number: B5829