RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 4th September, 2023
Antique early-20th Century German solid silver knight figure, parcel gilt and modelled as a medival knight in full suits of armour, carved face beneath a hinged visor, sporting an axe and a shield.
This statue stands on a large embellished pedestal base with foliage, These knights are inspired by the Emperor Maximilian I's monument in the Hofkirche in Innsbruck, one of the most important series of life-size bronze statues of the 16th century.
Each base is Hallmarked German silver (800+ standard), Hanau, later English import marks, London, year 1913 (s).
Reference Number: A9273
Antique early-20th Century Austrian solid silver & guilloche enamel vases, with a plain flared neck and the blue guilloche enamel applied with floral swags and ribbons withing boarder reserves, richly gilt inside. Hallmarked Austrian silver (900 high standard), circa 1910, Maker's mark indistinguishable.
Reference Number: A9274