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The silver department, led by Corinne Koller, exudes the sheer luxury of past times. Here collectors find works by the finest silversmiths from Paris to Vienna, and from Stockholm to Moscow. Silver objects often make the perfect gift for the person who has everything, and alongside collectors' items such as 18th-century candlesticks, buyers will find an wide range of affordable and classic wares - from elegant serving pieces to entire table services - in Koller's main and Koller West auctions.
 
Next Auction: 13 September 2010

Consignment deadline: 23 July 2010

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Silver - Auction 22 March 2010 - Highlights

Resultlist
   
 
1147   A152/1626
SNUFF BOX. Unmarked, probably Russia before 1760.Gilt and nielloed.
10x6 cm. Wt.: 210 g.

Sold for CHF 37 200 buyer's premium incl.

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1147   A152/1603
SMALL VERMEIL CUP. Nuremberg 2nd third of the 17th century.Maker's mark Hans Clauss I.

Sold for CHF 6 600 buyer's premium incl.

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1606   A152/1606
GOBLET ON BALL FEET / HEART GOBLET Augsburg, end 17th c. Maker‘s mark Marx Schaller II.

Sold for CHF 4 800 buyer's premium incl.

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Among the silver, a beautiful parcel-gilt and mother-of-pearl snuffbox from 18th-century Dresden (lot 1627) once belonged to the Austrian actress Katharina Schratt, friend of Emperor Franz Joseph I and his legendary wife Sissi.