Fine Art Stankovic Lustica Bay

  “Antiques Stanković” was established in 1999 as the premier antiques shop in Kotor, with the premises at the Maritime Museum of Montenegro in the Old Town.

   Dušan Stanković, the founder of “Antiques Stanković”, is the expert witness for antiques specialized for silver, porcelain and glass, an antiques dealer and auctioneer with an international carrier.

   Melisa Niketić manages the antiques shop since 2005. After studying art history at Belgrade University, she graduated from the Institute for Art and Restoration “Palazzo Spinelli” in Florence (Italy) specializing in the restoration of antique furniture.

    Since the beginning our aim was to present in the best manner the extensive local artistic and cultural heritage. We tend to recreate the atmosphere of the interiors of great Baroque palaces from Boka Bay. Our carefully selected collection of antiques reflects the taste of wealthy families who formed the elite of local society in the past.  

   The course of the history of Boka Bay, situated in the south of Adriatic coast, with an ideal strategic position of a strait hidden and protected by surrounding mountains, has always been different in comparison to the rest of the Balkans. Glorious maritime past of Boka Bay is still present in the everyday life. Boka Bay was a meeting point of diverse influences and cultures, such as Western European world, Levant, as well as the remote exotic Eastern lands. The turbulent history of the most of the Balkans, which were under the long-lasting rule of the mighty Ottoman Empire, reflected also on the life in Boka Bay. Boka Bay officially became part of Montenegro only after 1945, but the mutual political relations were always complex and intense. All of those circumstances contributed to the creating of unique cultural climate resulting in the presence of a wide range of diverse artefacts in everyday environment.