RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 4th May, 2020
19th Century Austrian silver, gem set & enamel horn, with enamelled pierced mounts and hand painted with mythological subjects within pale blue borders amid strap work collars set with precious gem stones, horn terminating in a fox head. The horn supported by a realistically and well modelled satyr on a domed base. Apparently unmarked, made in Austria (tested 800+ silver standard), Vienna, circa 1890.
Reference Number: A6275
20th Century Russian silver tea glass holder, made in Pan-Slavic style, cast and repoussé with the 'The Three Bogatyrs' holding shields, the handle decorated with geometric Pan-Slavic motifs and terminating in a horse's head, further repoussé with the title in Russian '[The] Bogatyrs' outpost'.
Hallmarked silver 84 (875), Moscow, 1899-1908, Makers mark in Cyrillic G.S for Egor Samoshin.
Reference Number: B6324
19th Century Russian silver-gilt cup, of inverted pair shape, decorated with large scrolled shields with a vacant catrouche, the handle realistically modelled as a vine branch, applied with leaves and flowers, standing on a wide domed foot, richly gilt throughout.
Hallmarked Russian Silver 84 (875), St-Petersburg, year 1849, Maker's mark in Cyrillic NC.
Reference Number: B6338