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The International Art and Antiques opened last week at the Olympia Exhibition Hall, Kensington, west London and continues until June 15 I attended, as I do every year, excited, hoping to find a small treasure. My interest is Chinese art and antiques, which I bought and sold, and collected more than thirty years. I try to visit most art fairs and antiques in the United Kingdom and some in Europe and the United States each year.
From a perspective of Chinese Olympia was a disappointment for me. Although I saw some interesting pieces, objects I would have liked to buy too expensive or restored. He was resigned to leaving empty-handed. Not only empty-handed, disappointed because he was not really excited about what was and walked miles. Exhausted, I went to a coffee stand.
Can not find a seat in the cafeteria, I sat on a long bench facing a position in the sale of silver. Although occasionally buy Chinese silver to sell, I've never been interested in collecting money, always looking to be too bright and that need lots of attention to follow path. Rarely watch dealers stands of silver but as I drank my coffee, I watched the objects this dealer was selling and quickly realized that many were much more than money. Gold, silver vases, jars and large covered cups that looked like pineapples mingled with religious objects: a golden monstrance, a cross rock crystal and various reliquaries. None of these objects are common and were all eighteenth century or earlier.
The man held up the sale of various items in closets, joy, giving information in excellent English with an accent that does not work. I looked at the name on the stand: Peter Szuhay - B59.
Somebody asked the price of rhino horn with a gold crown, silver feet. I do not know nothing Rhino Horn European works of art, so when the potential buyer left and I finished my coffee, I asked Mr. Szuhay if he would show me.
We chatted about the cup, standing between us on top of a glass case full of jewelry and I found that Mr. Szuhay is Hungarian, has lived in London for over thirty years and has a permanent stand in Grays Antique Market Davies Street in London's West End, near tube station Bond Street. He is an expert on money and Continental works of art. He showed me several nice pieces of quick money, mentioning the famous towns of Augsburg and Nuremberg, where even a Chinese art dealer has heard. It also has an interest in money later and he showed me some 19th century Russian silver and a beautiful silver fish server 20th century by master goldsmith Scandinavian, Georg Jensen.
I realized what I had initially dismissed as jewels in the window below the cup was made a series of cameos in beautifully carved stone sculptures. I'm used to seeing shells carved into portraits, mounted in pin usually from Italy and dating mid-century, twentieth, until very recently, but these pieces were very different and very exciting.
Until now we were under the name Peter and showed me a selection of carved stones, dating from the late nineteenth century to the third century Rome. Exquisite little works of art, some signed for the sixteenth century sculptors, master. We were interrupted and while Peter sold a box of Chinese dishes that I did not even realize was there and walked to the other side of the checkpoint, where Second was a showcase of jewelry store.
Here showed, what looked like a group seals in much more common than gold. But when he spoke again, Peter put me right. They were in fact English medieval gold rings and silver. There were other rings Signet rings or rings guild iconography, used by pilgrims and etched with icons of San Cristobal, Posy rings, etc. There were sixteenth and seventeenth century: most plain gold bands bearing sentiments recorded throughout the interior of the ring, in Olde English. It was an area of the collection had never considered. I never had much interest in jewelry design, jewelry but Peter was more than that - it's sculpture, graphic design and art and everything had a story and a story that accompanies it. These small masterpieces were a revelation to me.
Only buy Peter Szuhay nothing in Olympia, although it has made my day and gave me something to write. I Despite the promise of visiting in his shop in Grays Antique Market and I, and I'm sure I'll buy something from him soon. Peter also offers a selection of shares From href = "https://peterszuhay.co.uk."> https://peterszuhay.co.uk.
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