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A gift from one empire to another, this extraordinarily crafted collar brings history together with impeccable craftsmanship. Formerly in the collection of Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia, the present collar was presumably presented to him by Emperor Nicholas II.

A gift from one empire to another, this extraordinarily crafted collar brings history together with impeccable craftsmanship.

An Imperial Presentation to a Prussian Prince

Discover the only surviving examples of the magnificent silver furnishings that were being produced in the second half of the seventeenth century by the extraordinarily talented French silversmiths of the Louvre and Gobelins workshops.

The Duke of Buckingham’s Silver Furniture

A group of lots in this Treasures sale from the collection of the 1st Baron Masham of Swinton offers us the chance to explore the taste for 18th century mounted porcelain and the timeless appeal and preciousness of these objects.

From the Collection of the 1st Baron Masham of Swinton

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Porcelain From the Collection of the 1st Baron Masham of Swinton

This timeline will invite you on a journey to travel across time and learn more about spectacular ceramics and porcelain objects, from Italy in the early 16th century to France in the late 19th century.

Centuries of Ceramics

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Senior Director | Head of Department | Global Head of Furniture & Decorative Arts

Henry House

Senior Specialist, Head of Furniture, London, Representative for Portugal

João Magalhães 

Senior Director | Senior Specialist | English Furniture | Single Owner Sales and Head of Scotland

David Macdonald

Director | Senior Specialist | Clocks & Barometers

Jonathan Hills

Associate Specialist | Continental Furniture

Adèle Bourbonne

Cataloguer, Furniture

Cameron Di Leo

European Director of Silver, Fabergé & Russian Works of Art, Vertu and Ceramics

Helen Culver Smith

Head of Vertu and Gold Boxes

Alexandra Starp

Specialist

Miles Harrison

Director, General Valuer &amp; Senior Specialist

Rodney Woolley

Vice President | Specialist | European Ceramics & Glass

Richard Hird

Associate Specialist, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art

Kira Gurmail-Kaufmann

Senior Vice President | Worldwide Head of Department, Old Master Sculpture &amp; Works of Art

Margaret H Schwartz

Senior Director | Head of Department

Francesco Morroni

Senior Director | Head of Department, Europe| European Sculpture &amp; Works of Art

Christopher Mason

Deputy Director | Senior Project Manager | Unique Sales

Shiona Fourie 

Administrator

Robert S. Bergner

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The July 2023 Treasures sale will once again present a broad array of important English and European furniture, clocks, silver, porcelain and works of art, many emanating from important aristocratic and royal collections.

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