Pushkin Antiques Ltd Collectibles and Curiosities

Antique 19th Century Italian grand tour gold framed micro mosaic brooch / pendant. The center artwork features a micro mosaic with the Roman Colosseum pictured. Wonderfully made with...

Vintage mid 20th Century Dunhill Half-Giant Joseph Lucas table lighter. Crafted in a curved rectangular shape with silver-plated mounts, this piece features dual rampant lions upon ...

Antique 20th Century English solid silver and guilloché enamel magnifying glass. The lens is set within a plain silver rim, complemented by a finely engine-turned silver handle, fini...

A superb 20th Century French silver plated table lighter by Hermès, Paris. Crafted in a cylinder form with a gilt horsebit mounted to the top of the lid, this lighter features a push...

Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver table lighter, crafted in the form of a fire wagon with silver-rimmed artillery wheels. The wheels are fully functional, allowing it to be...

Antique early 20th century Edwardian solid silver desk bell in the form of a pig. The piece is partly cast and finely hand-chased. The bell mechanism is housed within the body, and o...

A superb set of vintage 20th Century English solid silver backgammon dice. Each die is crafted from solid silver and detailed with either red or black ...

Antique 20th Century English solid silver and 9k gold match holder with striker. The piece features a finely textured body adorned with alternating gold and silver stripes. The lid i...

Antique 19th Century American solid silver "Draughtsman's tool" 12 inch ruler. What is rather special about this piece is it is approx 4.5 inches long and extends out. Marked on the ...

Antique 19th Century Swiss music box crafted in the form of a desk table. It comes with six interchangeable cylindrical discs, each playing a different tune. The piece was made by Le...

A large and impressive 19th Century Scottish silver mounted horn table snuff mull This striking piece exemplifies the grandeur and ceremony often associated with communal snuff-taking. Crafted from richly toned natural horn, the mull is mounted with finely worked silver detailing, including a hinged lid and decorative finial, lending a sense of refinement to its rustic form. The silver cartouche bears an engraved inscription: John Stark Kinghorn, 27th August 1829, suggesting it was likely a commemorative or presentation piece. Both utilitarian and ornamental, this handsome object offers a fascinating glimpse into Scottish social customs of the period and makes a compelling addition to any collection of antique tobacciana...

An extremely stylish 20th Century silver plated novelty table lighter in the form of a 12 inch ruler calibrated in both inches and centimetres. Marked Dunhill, Made in England. Alf...

Antique 19th Century American solid silver cigar case. Crafted in the form of three cigars bundled together. Each cigar is sculpted with a lightly hammered texture and a subtle band ...

A rare 20th Century travel poker set made by Gucci. The travel case is crafted from dark pigskin leather and features Gucci's signature green-red-green stripe, accented by a gold-pla...

Antique 20th Century Edwardian made 18k yellow gold cufflinks, of plain round form beautifully applied with encased minature showjumping scenes. The pair comes in a beautiful silk li...

A superb 20th Century compact Dunhill solid silver cigar cutter, rectangular in form with a folding suspension ring to one side. When opened, the cutter extends by approximately 1.5 ...

A 20th Century French chrome plated novelty lighter, featuring an engraved skiier in motion on one side and engine turned pattern on the reverse. Stamped at the base "Arthus Bertrand...

A 20th Century Copernican Armillary Sphere crafted in polished steel and brass. This instrument illustrates the celestial motion of the solar system, with origins tracing back to anc...

Antique early 20th Century Dutch solid silver page turner. A finely engraved silver eagle’s head mounts a kingswood blade. Made in the Netherlands by Thomas H. Saakes, and housed in ...

A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill table lighter, featuring rich brown snakeskin and gilded 22kt gold hardware. Stamped to the underneath "Dunhill". Made in England. Beyond their slee...

A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill ~"Half Jumbo" table lighter, featuring a silver plated mechanism and a snakeskin leather covered body. Stamped to the underneath "Dunhill". Made in E...

A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill table lighter, featuring a silver plated mechanism and a striking Italian travertine marble covered body. Stamped to the underneath "Dunhill". Made i...

A superb 20th Century weighted ships ashtray and matchbox holder. Recovered from the RMS Windsor Castle upon her decommissioning in 2005. Crafted by Mappin & Webb, it is monogrammed ...

Antique 20th Century English cast iron desk bell crafted in the form of a tortoise. The bell mechanism beneath, once wound up, can be rung by pressing either the head or tail, and it...

A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill lighter, featuring an Italian pink marble body and a chromed brass mechanism. Stamped with the classic Dunhill name on the side and underneath. Made ...

A wonderful 20th Century Dunhill table lighter, featuring a silver plated mechanism and a black ostrich leather covered body. Stamped to the underneath "Dunhill". Made in England. ...

A 21st Century contemporary model of a Cadillac, hand-carved in wood with white-painted detailing. A striking piece that complements both classic and modern interiors. CONDITION In ...

An antique early 20th Century cast iron government royal warrant, likely from a magistrate court or government building. Beautifully cast and hand-painted. A remarkable piece of hist...

A fantastic vintage 20th Century sloop pond yacht, featuring original canvas sails. The yacht is an example of British pond racing yacht and would have raced against similar yachts i...

A 20th Century articulated wooden horse on a brass stand with a wooden base, featuring movement in all four legs, head, and neck. Its timeless design makes it a perfect addition to b...

A mid 20th Century polished cast aluminium twin-bladed propeller, complete with a polished central cone and metal wall mounting. A superb and characterful piece, certain to spark end...

Antique 20th Century English wooden dairy cow, intricately carved and hand-painted. This delightful piece would have been displayed alongside butter, cream, and cheese in a local dai...

Vintage 20th Century Italian pine horse sculpture, created using the layered wood technique, where individual pieces are stacked to form the curves of the horse’s body. This piece or...

Antique 19th Century life-sized plaster model of a human leg, attributed to Bock Steger, Leipzig. Made for medical instruction, it displays muscle, tendon, and bone in detail. Number...

A 20th Century tooled leather Western horse saddle, featuring intricate patterns around the seat and straps. The saddle includes boot cups, a martingale, and a bridle, all crafted in...

Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver cigar case, of rounded rectangular form with a hinged lid. The outside of the case is covered in an engine turned decoration. On one side ...

Antique 19th Century Russian solid silver book cover, featuring velvet and leather. The front is adorned with burgundy velvet and intricate silver de...

A superb 20th Century American silver plated cigarette case and lighter. Designed to resemble a $100 note, the case features Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) who was an American polyma...

Antique early 20th Century Edwardian solid silver cigarette box with a removable double sided cigarette holder. The lid is set with a porcelain plaque depicting a very unusual erotic...

Antique early 20th Century German solid silver, ceramic, and boar tusk ashtray with a large match box holder. Circular in form, featuring a dark red ceramic ashtray and tray, with si...

A superb and very rare 19th Century Chinese lacquered games box, dating to around 1890. Decorated with intricate traditional scenes and a fin...

Antique 20th Century leather-cased collection of Bartholomew British road maps by Edward Stanford Ltd of London. One volume features a map of the entire British Isles, divided into n...

Antique early 20th Century Edwardian oak and metal storage box, modelled as a coal wagon tender for a locomotive. The wood and the metal are beautifully patinated and the top of the ...

Antique early-20th Century Imperial Russian style 18k gold mounted nephrite cane handle, applied with nineteen round cut Peridots around the white enamel base. Cane handles crafted f...

Antique early-20th Century Imperial Russian gun metal cane handle, mounted with approximately 100 small old cut diamonds which spiral around the cane handle.The diamonds turn a simpl...

Antique early 19th Century Austrian three colour gold mounted with diamonds and rock crystal toothpick case, styled in a shape of a torch. The hinged lid mounted with a slightly opaq...

Antique 20th Century enamelled London street sign, crafted for Harley Street, W1 (Central London). This sign features the classic red and bla...

Antique 20th Century framed enamelled London street sign, created for Strand, WC2 (Central London, Westminster). This sign showcases the icon...

A composite model of a Concorde in full Virgin Atlantic livery mounted on a tripod stand, circa 1992. This scaled down aircraft model was presented to one of Virgin's top travel agen...

The Brionvega RR-126 is an icon of Pop design. It was conceived as an anthropomorphic ‘musical pet’, with speakers for ears and control dials for its face. It could be moved around e...

A rare 20th Century set of Japanese naval bridge “big eye“ binoculars by Nikon manufactured during WWII by Tokyo Kogaku Kikai (Tokyo Optical Company). They have been expertly cleaned...

Antique 20th Century British silver plated mounted match striker featuring textured, ribbed glass. The round glass body is engraved with the word "Cigarettes" on the side and fitted ...

A really eye-catching sautoir (or long necklace) finished in twisted gold coloured metal chains, faux pearls and white wool. A lovely vintage piece of costume jewellery, extremely en...

Antique late 19th Century Victorian solid silver bookmark. The bookmark is in the shape of a bottle, with an unusual cut out section within that says "HERE I STOPPED". A wonderful ad...

Modern 21st Century solid silver book shaped cigar box. Elegantly crafted, this box has a solid silver body shaped like a book. The lid opens to reveal a mirror-like polish, while th...

Antique 20th Century Edwardian solid silver large table matchbox holder. Made in a simple, elegant style featuring a smooth body throughout, with a small tray either side for spent m...

Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver cigar box. Elegantly crafted, this box features a shaped central handle and two hinged lids that open to reveal a divided compartment and ...

Antique mid-19th Century very rare Victorian solid silver vesta case and lighter, in a shape of a horseshoe, opening on both sides, with a compartment for matches and a striker, with wheel to wind the lighter wick, one side is applied with initials "E.H". Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), London, year 1853 (S), Maker's mark H.W.D (Henry William Dee...

An extremely rare ring that commemorates the naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, fighting against the Napoleonic forces. Dr William Nelson, the admiral's brother, ordered 58 mourning rings for family and friends and every admiral and post-captain who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar . The ring is inscribed on the bezel ‘Trafalgar’; outside the hoop with Nelson’s motto in Latin, ‘Let him who earned it bear the palm [of victory]’, adopted by Nelson from a poem ‘Ad Ventos’ written in 1727 by John Jortin (1698-1770). Inside is the inscription ‘Lost to his country 21 October 1805, aged 47’. The initials N and B stand for Nelson and Bronte. Admiral Nelson was given the title of Duke of Bronte in 1799 by the King of Sicily and in 1801 became a Viscount. The two coronets above the initials refer to these titles. Tthe motto Palmam qui meruit ferat ("let him who has earned it, bear the palm") was added to his coat of arms in 1798 after the Battle of the Nile. Nelson was buried with full honours in St Paul's Cathedral. His cortege consisted of 32 admirals, over a hundred captains, and an escort of 10,000 soldiers. This ring is an example of only fifty-eight that were made by Nelson's jeweller John Salter in 1806. Thirty-one were for Nelson's close family and friends, the rest for pall-bearers and other dignitaries (see The Nelson Dispatch, vol.3 pt.XII, oct.1990). Three similar examples of this ring are held extremely prestigious museums in the capital. One is in the Greenwich National Maritime Museum in London, another in The British Museum in London and another in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, exhibited in the Jewellery Gallery, case 23, no. 8. The ring has a particularly special provenance, arguably like no other mourning ring of Admiral Nelson’s. The ring belonged to the Reverend Alexander John Scott. The Reverend Alexander John Scott (1768-1840) was a British naval chaplain. He was appointed to the flagship H.M.S. Victory in 1803 where he served as private secretary to Lord Nelson. He was with Nelson when when he was shot on the quarter-deck of the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October 1805. Scott attended his dying chief in the cockpit of the flagship, receiving his last wishes. He refused to leave Nelson's body until it was brought back to England and placed in the coffin to lie in the Painted Hall Greenwich. The ring, lock of hair and music book were passed down by the direct descendants of the Reverend Alexander John Scott's family and eventually gifted to the previous owners. The music book was a personal possession of the Reverend which gives watertight provenance of the person who owned the ring. It is not clear exactly what Admiral Nelson’s last words really were although Scott documents Nelson’s last words to be “God and my country“. However, it is also recorded that a statement during his last hours was "Thank God I have done my duty.” Perhaps these two statements uttered in the last moments sound similar when mumbled by a feeble dying man. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy is that Scott remained by Admiral Nelson’s side as he died and his version is probably the most reliable. The lock of hair is reputedly that of Lord Admiral Nelson. Without a DNA test there can be no conclusive proof of such. However, given that Reverend Alexander John Scott was with Nelson from the moment he was shot on the quarter-deck of H.M.S. Victory until the moment he was placed in his coffin, there is no reason to believe it is not a lock of Nelson’s hair. It is difficult to overstate the significance and rarity of Nelson’s mourning rings. With only fifty-eight made, the vast majority of them were given to close family members and only a few were given to close friends. A close friend who receives a morning ring...

A beautiful Amboyna Bur veneered cigar box with ebony edging and sterling silver mounts, hinges, escutcheon and mounts. Made for a Jaguar advertising campaign for the millennium by s...