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Our auctions for silver regularly include high quality collectibles from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The works offered come not only from Swiss makers but from also the world’s most historically important centres of silver production, including London, Augsburg, Paris, Moscow, St Petersburg, Turin and Nuremberg. In every auction we also offer elegant functional silver that will add a touch of class to every table setting. In our Koller ibid online only auctions you will also find many great finds at affordable prices.

Corinne Koller, Head of Department for Silver, is available to estimate single items or entire collections for our upcoming auctions.

Our Decorative Arts auctions are held in March and September. Consignments are accepted until mid-January for our March auctions, and late July for our September sales.



Valuations / Consignments

If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Florence, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.

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Daniela Maier

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Cyril Himmer
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Fiona Seidler
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Ulrike Gruben
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+49 211 30 14 36 38

Koller Italy

Lapo Bacarelli
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+39 366 994 1836

Koller China

Jing Li
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+86 135 2039 8057

Top results from past sales

SELECTED RESULTS Silver

BOTTLE WITH SCREW CAP

Gdansk, ca. 1680. Maker's mark Johann Gottfried Holl.
Parcel-gilt. Pear-shaped bottle on a circular foot ring. The walls are opulently chased and punched with acanthus leaves and fruit. Screw cap with a wavy rim and hinged handle.
H 20.5 cm, 745 g.

Sold for CHF 10 625 (including buyer’s premium)

A206 / 1058*
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BOTTLE WITH SCREW CAP
BOTTLE WITH SCREW CAP

CHF 10 625

PARCEL-GILT ALTAR CRUETS AND TRAY

Augsburg, 1737-39. Maker's mark Johann David Saler.
The tray is oval-shaped, with a matching curved rim. In the mirror, two cruet stands. Opulently decorated with bands on a punched ground. Both cruets have a domed rounded foot, a narrowed body and a slightly domed lid. The foot, the lower third of the body and the lid are decorated with vertical ribs, bands and blossoms. The thumb rest is formed of the letters "A" and "V". Signed on the bottom of the tray: "Francisco Lachmayr".
L tray 28.8 cm, H cruets 13.5 cm, 630 g.

Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)

A206 / 1084*
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PARCEL-GILT ALTAR CRUETS AND TRAY
PARCEL-GILT ALTAR CRUETS AND TRAY

CHF 5 000

SET OF SIX CANDLESTICKS

Edinburgh, 1772/73. Maker's mark Patrick Robertson.
Column-shaped shaft on a square plinth. Engraved initial H under a crown. Drip pan unmarked.
H 16 cm, 3,465 g.

Sold for CHF 10 625 (including buyer’s premium)

A206 / 1193*
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SET OF SIX CANDLESTICKS
SET OF SIX CANDLESTICKS

CHF 10 625

CUTLERY SET

Paris, after 1838. Maker's mark Francois-Honoré Lasne.
Comprising: 36 dinner knives, 39 dinner forks, 17 soup spoons, 18 dessert spoons, 17 dessert forks, 21 dessert knives with a steel blade, 24 dessert knives with a silver blade, 8 serving utensils. All items feature a coat of arms engraving under a crown. In total: 180 items.
9,735 g (without the 36 dinner knives and 21 dessert knives). Silver 950.

Sold for CHF 6 250 (including buyer’s premium)

A206 / 1194
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CUTLERY SET
CUTLERY SET

CHF 6 250

SILVER-GILT EWER WITH BASIN

Nuremberg, ca. 1636-39. Maker's mark Johann III. Wolff.
The ewer and basin are closely related and form a compositional unit. The oval basin has a curved rim decorated with chased and punched scrolls and shells. Four cartouches are directed to the center of the basin and are decorated with putti riding sea monsters. The ewer has a tall, baluster-shaped foot, and features the continuation of the design of the basin. Short spout with a sculpted dolphin head. Lion finial with escutcheon and engraved coat of arms of the Harsdorf family of Enderndorf under Baronial crown. The foot of the ewer of later date.
Basin 46 × 38 cm, ewer H 24.5 cm. Total weight 1,770 g.

Sold for CHF 34 800 (including buyer’s premium)

A204 / 1048*
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SILVER-GILT EWER WITH BASIN
SILVER-GILT EWER WITH BASIN

CHF 34 800

LIDDED TANKARD

London, 1686/87, with probably later additions. Unidentified Maker's mark YT.
Cylindrical, solid tankard, on a profiled foot with a circumferential frieze band. Smooth walls with an engraved alliance coat of arms with crest. Slightly domed lid, decorated with acanthus and circumferential frieze. Curved handle designed as a dolphin, sculpted lion figure as the thumb rest.
H 23 cm; 1,665 g.

Sold for CHF 9 375 (including buyer’s premium)

A204 / 1054
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LIDDED TANKARD
LIDDED TANKARD

CHF 9 375

TWELVE SILVER-GILT PLATES

London, 1767/68. Maker's mark Sebastian & James Crespell.
Curved round shape with circumferential profiles and a gadrooned rim. Engraved coat of arms of the von Bernstorff family with the motto: Hier weislich dort glücklich. The von Bernstorff family originates from the Bernstorf family in Mecklenburg and is a member of the Mecklenburg nobility. The family has brought forth numerous dignitaries, especially politicians and diplomats with connections to England and Denmark.
Ø 24.5 cm, 6,590 g.

Sold for CHF 9 375 (including buyer’s premium)

A204 / 1225
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TWELVE SILVER-GILT PLATES
TWELVE SILVER-GILT PLATES

CHF 9 375

A PAIR OF CANDELABRA

Munich, 1828. Maker's mark Louis Wollenweber.
Four-light candelabra. Round foot decorated with a circumferential band of laurel leaves. Cylindrical section with applied figures. Smooth, pillar-shaped shaft, relief-decorated with acanthus leaves. Removable upper part decorated with scrolls, the center with a sculpted figure wearing a garment from Antiquity and holding a nozzle over her head.
H 63 cm; 3,240 g.

Sold for CHF 21 040 (including buyer’s premium)

A204 / 1348*
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A PAIR OF CANDELABRA
A PAIR OF CANDELABRA

CHF 21 040

18 PLATES FROM THE BERLIN COURT SERVICE OF THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY IN A LEATHER CASE

Berlin, 1913. Maker's mark Gebrüder Friedländer.
Round plates, decorated with grapevine branches in relief. The lip is engraved WR (= Wilhelminus Rex), below a crown for Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) as the King of Prussia. The back is engraved with the weight in grams and the year of origin, 1913. Leather case made of light-brown cowhide, with closure strap and carrying handle. The cover of the case is stamped "Königliche gr. Silberkammer BERLIN" and also has various inscriptions and bears a number.
Ø 26.5 cm. Total weight 14,427 g (ca. 800 g/plate).

Sold for CHF 33 240 (including buyer’s premium)

A204 / 1356*
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18 PLATES FROM THE BERLIN COURT SERVICE OF THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY IN A LEATHER CASE
18 PLATES FROM THE BERLIN COURT SERVICE OF THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY IN A LEATHER CASE

CHF 33 240

LIDDED BEAKER ON SPHERICAL FEET

Basel, ca. 1680. Maker's mark Peter Biermann.
Parcel-gilt. On three spherical feet. The wall opulently decorated with chased portraits inscribed: THEODORICUS REX, THEODOBERTUS and THEODOBALDUS and decorated with fire-gilt, chased acanthus and birds in-between the portraits. The lid decorated with chased acanthus on a punched ground, and with a spherical finial.
H 15 cm, 230 g.

Sold for CHF 11 750 (including buyer’s premium)

A202 / 1021
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LIDDED BEAKER ON SPHERICAL FEET
LIDDED BEAKER ON SPHERICAL FEET

CHF 11 750