Antiques
ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN SOLID SILVER-GILT & MOSER GLASS CUTLERY SERVICE c.1880
US$10,636.40
### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century German solid silver-gilt & gilded glass cutlery service, comprising: 18 spoons, 18 forks and 18 knives, the spoons and forks each with reeded border and knifes in early style and mounted to glass with a pierced collars. Judging by the quality of the glass, the handles are probably made my Ludwig Moser (1833-1916), a world renowned glass manufacturers and retailers from Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad, Bohemia), famous for his fine gold and enamel work on glass. Appointed court supplier to Emperor Franz Joseph I, the Persian Shah Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar (1901) and King Edward VII of England (1908), at the hight of business Moser held retail premises in New York, London, Paris and St-Petersburg. The knifes are hallmarked with silver mark 13 (812 standard, used post 1886 in Germany and Prussia), undoubtedly all pieces are part of the same set and have all been tested as silver. The three tear set comes in its original red leather bound retail box.### CONDITIONIn Good Condition - some losses to the gilding on the glass.### SIZEFORK Length: 18cm Width: 2cm Weight: 40g SPOON Length: 18cm Width: 3.5cm Weight: 45g KNIFE Length: 19cm Width: 2.5cm Weight: 45g BOX Height: 9cm Width: 53 x 23cm
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STUNNING 20thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER FILIGREE GEM SET CUP & COVER c.1950
US$16,518.30 ### DESCRIPTIONStunning mid-20th Century rare Chinese solid silver-gilt filigree cup & cover, the cup is richly gilded and applies with jade and amethyst cabochons stones. The cup stands proudly on a sexafoil base, with a floral spread upon which three roosters lift the cup with there plumage. The cup body and the lid panels applied with floral shaded enamels....
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ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER DRAGON BOWL, WANG HING c.1890
US$2,233.72 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Chinese Export solid silver bowl, the sides are profusely chased and pierced, depicting dragons chasing the flaming pearl of wisdom among clouds, good size and stunning workmanship, fitted with a translucent red liner.The base is Hallmarked Chinese silver 90 (900+ silver standard), Retailer's mark "WH" for Wang Hing & Company, the most important and renown...
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ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE SOLID SILVER & ENAMEL VASE, BAO CHENG, BEIJING c.1890
US$7,415.40 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique late-19th Century Chinese solid silver & enamel vase, the sides are decorated with shaded enamel, depicting blooming chrysanthemums and an exotic bird, cross-key boarders and applied with pierced floral handles. The vase is of good traditional size and features stunning workmenship. Hallmarked with Chinese marks (tested 900+ standard), Bao Cheng (active in Beijing, 1890-1949). Beijing was historically...
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ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE SOLID SILVER TEA SET, TU MAO XING, JIANGXI c.1880
US$6,715.17 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Chinese Export solid silver three piece tea set, comprising of a teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, each melon shaped body is beautifully chased with bamboo leaves, flowers and people in landscapes on a matted ground, each piece applied with an intricately modeled bamboo handles, very intricate detail and outstanding quality.Lid of the teapot is hallmarked...
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ANTIQUE 19thC CHINESE EXCEPTIONAL SOLID SILVER TEA SET, QIU JI, HONG KONG c.1890
US$19,319.20 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique late-19th Century Chinese important solid silver three piece tea set, of traditional form resting on a shaped base with mask and claws, surrounded by chased floral decoration, the body finely and profusely chased with figures in a landscape, the cast handles and the finial in the form of a dragons. The set is very impressive, rare, exceptionally...
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ANTIQUE 19thC RARE CHINESE EXPORT SOLID SILVER PAIR OF VASES, WING CHEONG c.1880
US$20,859.70 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century rare Chinese Export solid silver pair of vases, impressive and exceptionally fine, amphora-shaped, decorated with repoussé prunus against a "cracked ice" effect ground. Exquisite prunus blossom handles mounted on each side, standing on a very unusual ball and pedestal base, applied with beaded boarders. Hallmarked 90 (900+ silver standard), Maker Wing Cheong, Hong Kong. An...
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ANTIQUE 20thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER FIVE PIECE TEA SET, SAMURAI SHOKAI c.1900
US$10,636.40 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early-20th Century Japanese solid silver five piece tea set, consisting of a teapot, sugar bowl, waist bowl, cream jug and sugar tongs, exceptional quality, double walled, embossed with Iris flowers in water in high relief, C-form handles and lids applied with realistically modelled iris flowers. Hallmarked Sterling (925 standard), Maker Samurai Shokai, Yokohama.### CONDITIONIn Excellent Condition -...
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ANTIQUE 19thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER & ENAMEL MODELS OF QUAILS ON STAND c.1890
US$9,932.00 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique late-19th Century Japanese Meiji period very fine silver figures of quails, on a carved wood stand. The naturalistically modeled birds decorated with enamelled eyes and plumage, with realistically engraved feathers. Tested to be 950+ high grade silver. One of the birds signed Hasegawa Issei (Gyokutosai), 1890-1920, active in Asakusa, Tokyo during the Meiji and Taisho Eras.### CONDITIONIn...
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ANTIQUE 20thC JAPANESE SOLID SILVER TEA & COFFEE SERVICE ON TRAY c.1900
US$27,441.90 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique early-20th Century Japanese Meiji period solid silver four-piece tea service on tray, consisting of a tea kettle on stand, teapot, covered sugar bowl, cream jug and tray, exceptional and magnificent quality, double walled, embossed and applied with Iris flowers in high relief, with C-form handles and lids applied with Iris bulbs. Hallmarked with the Junjin marks (950+...
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ANTIQUE 19thC NORWEGIAN SILVER & ENAMEL TEA SERVICE, DAVID ANDERSEN c.1890
US$12,036.90 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Norwegian silver-gilt & cloisonneé-enamel tea service, comprised of a hot water pot, teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug, decorated with blue turquoise enamel on wirework floral scrolls, with white intertwining and beaded boarders on matted silver-gilt ground. Each item Hallmarked Norwegian silver (925 standard), Oslo, Maker's mark for David Andersen (mark used 1880-1925), Widely considered...
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ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER 4 PIECE TEA & COFFEE SET, LONDON c.1854
US$4,194.35 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Victorian solid silver four piece tea and coffee set, consisting of tea pot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each pear shaped body engraved with scrolling foliage, cast scroll feet and each side engraved with family motto, 'Vincere Vel Mori' - translated Win or Die / To conquer or die, McDowell Clan Crest. Each...
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ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER 4 PIECE TEA & COFFEE SET, W HUNTER c.1844
US$5,034.63 ### DESCRIPTIONAntique 19th Century Victorian solid silver four piece tea & coffee set, comprising of a coffee pot, tea pot, sugar bowl and cream jug, each lobed body resting on four cast shell feet, the body chased and embossed with game birds in a wheat field, extremely rare and well made design, leaf-capped scroll handles, the hinged covers with...
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