Snipe Pair Photo Frames beautifully sculpted at its handle

beautifully sculpted at its handle

with details of patchy

The filled figurine undergoes twelve separate stages of manufacture

dating back to about 1540

At each stage

Snipe Pair Photo Frames beautifully sculpted at its handleMagnificently hand chased from beak to tail tip, the Snipe pair figurines are cast in eight separate parts of solid silver, taken from moulds made using the lost wax process. A skilled craftsman will then hand chase all the details of the birds' feathers, thereby highlighting all the birds' life like features. Each piece is unique as the handstrokes are all different. The Quail pair, made of hallmarked Sterling Silver, weighs 650g together and