Antiques, Silverware & Luxury Interiors

From fox head stirrup cups to monkey claret jugs and silver mounted griffin decanters, animals have long provided silversmiths with some of their most imaginative subjects. For collectors of antique silver and luxury barware, these pieces offer far more than novelty. They combine craftsmanship, humour and social history, transforming familiar drinking accessories into sculptural objects designed to be admired as much as used.

Pushkin’s will be hosting an exclusive Charity Gala Evening at 6pm on Tuesday 6th October at Pushkin's (64 High st, Tunbridge Wells), in support of the Orthodox Church in Hastings and its invaluable work within the local community.

The Japanese Meiji period (1868–1912) was one of the most important eras in the history of Japanese decorative art. Following the Meiji Restoration, Japan modernised rapidly and expanded its commercial and cultural relationships with Europe and America. International exhibitions, foreign trade and the growth of ports such as Yokohama created a new market for Japanese luxury goods.

Pushkin's is proud to collaborate with renowned Tunbridge Wells artist HUMOR on a series of provocative artworks combining his distinctive style, wit and subversive humour. Playing with familiar characters, authority, money and mischief, the collection is designed to catch the eye, challenge expectations and start conversations.

Fifty years on, the most quietly radical thing about Vico Magistretti's Maralunga is still the noise it doesn't make. Push the headrest up, pull it down, and a hidden mechanism inside the cushion does the rest; no levers, no clicks, no visible hardware. Just a sofa that knows when to sit formally and when to sprawl.

For more than 700 years, the island of Murano, just outside Venice, has been renowned for producing some of the world's finest handcrafted glass. Today, Murano glass remains a symbol of quality, artistry and timeless design, with its beautiful lamps bringing elegance to homes, hotels and commercial spaces around the world.

Lay figure mannequins were once practical studio tools. Today, the best surviving examples read just as clearly as sculpture. Used by artists, sculptors, tailors and academies, these articulated wooden figures helped with the study of anatomy, proportion, drapery and movement.

There is a particular hush that falls over a room when a piece of genuinely old, genuinely heavy silver is set down on the table. It is not reverence, but more a recognition that the object has outlived everyone who first admired it, and intends to outlive the rest of us too. Such is the case with a remarkable solid silver hot water kettle, also known as a samovar, hallmarked London, 1837, from the workshop of Sebastian Crespell II.

Pushkin's recently visited the Treasure House Fair at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and what makes it stand out is how much it broadens the idea of an art fair. Rather than focusing on one corner of the market, it brings together art, antiques and design in a way that feels varied, clear and well judged. Around 70 international dealers take part, with each object independently vetted, so the fair has the polish of a major event without feeling overblown.