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ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SILVER TWO-HANDLE CUP & COVER, LEE CHING c.1860

19th Century Chinese silver presentation cup & cover, of traditional shape and large size, the body is embossed with beautiful battle scenes in relief depicting Chinese warriors fighting amongst village landscape, applied with stylised dragon scroll handles, the cover embossed with dragons among clouds, dragon's head finial, standing on a domed spreading circular foot embossed with scrolling foliage, centred with a vacant shield cartouche.

Hallmarked with indistinct Makers mark (possibly LC, for Lee Ching, later hallmarked with French import marks (swan).

Reference Number: A6307

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ANTIQUE 19thC RUSSIAN FABERGE SOLID SILVER TEA GLASS HOLDER, MOSCOW c.1892

19th Century Russian Faberge silver tea glass holder, the plain polished surface engraved with elaborate Cyrillic initials YaG, applied with a solid arching scroll handle, and fitted with faceted glass cup.

Hallmarked silver 88 (915), Moscow, year 1892, Makers mark H.B (Heinrich Bluttenklepper), Faberge retail mark with Imperial Warrant.

Reference Number: B6336

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ANTIQUE 19thC IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SOLID SILVER-GILT ENAMEL TEA GLASS HOLDER c.1896

19th Century Imperial Russian silver-gilt & cloisonne enamel tea glass holder, circular with upswept key-formed handle, plain rim and spreading domed foot, body profusely decorated with floral motifs in vary-coloured cloisonné enamel within borders of blue pellets, handle in similar complimentary design, side bearing a vacant round cartouche.

Hallmarked Russian silver 84 (875), Moscow, year 1896, Maker's mark in Cyrillic IS for Ivan Saltykov.

Reference Number: B6323