Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts

Koller’s history is inextricably linked with the decorative arts, beginning with our first auction in 1958. Furniture, silver, porcelain and sculpture are among our oldest core areas of expertise, and many highly important works of decorative art have been auctioned by Koller over the years. The bureau plat by André-Charles Boulle illustrated below is today considered to be the piece by which all other creations by the celebrated ébéniste to King Louis XIV are measured.

No other European auction house organises twice-annual auctions with such a high concentration of quality furniture and decorative arts from the 15^th to the 19^th centuries, including masterworks in silver and gold, and rare early Meissen porcelain.

Contact / Information

Stephan Koller

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8031 Zurich
skoller@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 20

Giordana Schmid

Hardturmstrasse 102
8031 Zürich
schmid@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 52

Upcoming auctions

A190 - Furniture & Sculptures

26.09.2019 AM

ibid106 - Ibid Miscellaneous Part 1

02.10.2019 AM

Deadline for consignments:

01.07.2019

ibid106 - Ibid Furniture Part 1

02.10.2019 AM

Deadline for consignments:

01.07.2019

ibid106 - Ibid Clocks

02.10.2019 AM

Deadline for consignments:

01.07.2019

Past auctions

ibid102 - Ibid Clocks

03.04.2019

ibid102 - Ibid Miscellaneous Part 2

03.04.2019

ibid102 - Ibid Furniture Part 1

03.04.2019

ibid102 - Ibid Furniture Part 2

03.04.2019

Selected results

JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONNIER (1815-1891),
CHF 180 500

JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONNIER (1815-1891),

Bronze figure, "Napoléon à cheval" or "Le voyageur", c. 1900.

Bronze with dark patina. Signed on the base MEISSONNIER, Giessermarke SIOT-DECAUVILLE PARIS, nummeriert 3.

L 59, H 48 cm. (Weight ca. 23kg)

Sold for CHF 180 500 (including buyer’s premium)

JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONNIER (1815-1891),

AN IMPORTANT SAFE CABINET WITH IMPERIAL COAT OF ARMS,
CHF 84 500

AN IMPORTANT SAFE CABINET WITH IMPERIAL COAT OF ARMS,

signed HAFFNER FRERES, 8 PASSAGE JOUFFROY PARIS, probably C.G. DIEHL (Charles Guillaume Diehl, Steinbach 1811-1885 Paris) or G.GROHE (Guillaume Grohe, Wintersheim 1808–1885 Paris), Paris c. 1860.

Ebony with exceptionally fine inlays of green and red tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl and engraved brass fillets in "Boulle" technique. One-door front with medallion set in bronze band. The interior fitted with with central drawer between double doors and 2 adjacent drawers. The interior of the door with etched depiction of the Paris stock exchange. Rich and fine matte and polished gilt bronze mounts and applications. "Vert de Mer" top edged in bronze. 8-bolt lock. 1 safe key. Right lock removed. Marble top repaired, some losses.

Sold for CHF 84 500 (including buyer’s premium)

AN IMPORTANT SAFE CABINET WITH IMPERIAL COAT OF ARMS,

A RARE WHEELLOCK CARABINE OR PETRONEL,
CHF 36 500

A RARE WHEELLOCK CARABINE OR PETRONEL,

German, Augsburg c. 1590/1600.

Walnut stock with short butt, with bone inlays of dogs hunting rabbits and deer, busts, fruits, etc. (1 plaque missing). The butt end plate old supplemented. Two superimposed round barrels with squared chamber halves, rich parcel gilt etched decoration, sight missing (barrel length 66.5 and 60.5 cm, calibre 9 mm). The chamber with Augsburger punch, "Pinienzapfen". Double wheel lock with external wheels, pans with sliding covers. Angled iron trigger guard. Ramrod (incomplete).

Sold for CHF 36 500 (including buyer’s premium)

A RARE WHEELLOCK CARABINE OR PETRONEL,

A RARE CROSS-SHAPED NECK WATCH WITH ROCK CRYSTAL,
CHF 30 500

A RARE CROSS-SHAPED NECK WATCH WITH ROCK CRYSTAL,

probably Conrad Kreizer, Germany, end of the 16th century.

Gilt copper gilt, brass and translucent enamel champlevé in the form of stylised tendrils and leaves. Cross-shaped case with hinged, faceted rock crystal cover. The fine movement with spindle escapement hinged, the dial and backplate with decoration in translucent champlevé enamel, stylised leaves and tendrils. Spring escapement with chain and worm wheel. The rear housing section replaced, originally probably in rock crystal. Fine hanging eye with engraved leaf decoration. Leather-covered case in the form of a cross. Small breakout on the dial, losses and additions to the enamel.

4.5x3.3x1.7 cm.

Sold for CHF 30 500 (including buyer’s premium)

A RARE CROSS-SHAPED NECK WATCH WITH ROCK CRYSTAL,

IMPORTANT CABINET WITH BOULLE MARQUETRY,
CHF 444 500

IMPORTANT CABINET WITH BOULLE MARQUETRY,

so-called "bibliothèque en armoire", Louis XIV, by N. SAGEOT (Nicolas Sageot, maître 1706), Paris ca. 1715/25.

Ebony and red tortoiseshell, exquisitely inlaid with engraved brass fillets in "première partie" and "contre partie"; putti making music, mascarons, birds, flowers, leaves, fillets and decorative frieze. Front with finely paneled double-doors. Opulent matte and polished gilt bronze mounts and applications; the figures on the doors applied ca. 1800: Allegories of Power, Justice and Abundance. Doors with original inner surfaces and locks. Rear wall, replaced.

Sold for CHF 444 500 (including buyer’s premium)

IMPORTANT CABINET WITH BOULLE MARQUETRY,

PAIR OF LIDDED VASES WITH BRONZE MOUNTS,
CHF 132 500

PAIR OF LIDDED VASES WITH BRONZE MOUNTS,

Louis XVI, the porcelain from China, Kangxi ca. 1700, the bronze from Paris, ca. 1765/75.

Matte and polished gilt bronze and finely painted porcelain; with light flowers, leaves and decorative frieze in "décor de rinceaux vermiculés" on a red background.

Sold for CHF 132 500 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF LIDDED VASES WITH BRONZE MOUNTS,

HUNTING HORN / "OLIFANT",
CHF 96 500

HUNTING HORN / "OLIFANT",

Portugal, probably ca. 1480.

Ivory, octagonally carved, and silver mounts engraved with foliage and with a circumferential inscription: EL PODER EN DIOS. 2 eyelets. Fine cracks.

Sold for CHF 96 500 (including buyer’s premium)

HUNTING HORN / "OLIFANT",

LARGE CONSOLE "A LA COQUILLE",
CHF 78 500

LARGE CONSOLE "A LA COQUILLE",

Régence, from a Parisian master workshop, ca. 1710/20.

Oak, pierced and opulently carved with shells, foliage, scrolls and decorative frieze, and gilt. "Griotte Rouge" marble top, repaired. Gilding restored.

Sold for CHF 78 500 (including buyer’s premium)

LARGE CONSOLE "A LA COQUILLE",

LACQUERED SECRETAIRE "A ABATTANT",
CHF 78 500

LACQUERED SECRETAIRE "A ABATTANT",

Louis XV, with signature by L. BOUDIN (Léonard Boudîn, maître 1761), Guild stamp Paris ca. 1760/65.

Painted with Coromandel lacquer all around, with a group of figures in an idealized park and pagoda landscape on a polychrome background. Front with hinged writing surface lined with green, gold-impressed leather, a drawer on top, and a compartment with double-doors. Fitted interior with fine marquetry with a central compartment with 3 drawers on each side, below 3 large compartments arranged in 2 rows. Gilt bronze mounts and sabots, in part replaced. Shaped "Campan" marble top. Lacquer paintwork retouched.

104x40x(open 110)x144 cm.

Sold for CHF 78 500 (including buyer’s premium)

LACQUERED SECRETAIRE "A ABATTANT",

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS,
CHF 36 500

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS,

Italy, mid-17th century. Signed LAZARINO COMINAZZO.

Carved walnut stocks, finely inlaid with iron in a design of tendrils, foliage and blossoms. Twelve-point barrels (L 40 cm), Cal. 12.5 mm, the chamber part accentuated with engraved leaf pattern. Flat lock-plates, the cocks screwed on the inside, decorated with carved foliage. Iron mounts. Long belt swivels, wooden ramrods with iron tips. One stock broken.

Sold for CHF 36 500 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS,

PAIR OF BRONZE HORSES,
CHF 55 700

PAIR OF BRONZE HORSES,

Renaissance, after the Byzantine Triumphal Quadriga at St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco), Venice, 17th century.

Patinated bronze and blue/green horn. Striding horses on a rectangular pedestal from the Régence with turtle. Bronze mounts and applications. Restorations.

L 18 cm. H (with base) 32 cm.

Sold for CHF 55 700 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF BRONZE HORSES,

PAIR OF TABLE ORNAMENTS "AUX ENFANTS",
CHF 48 500

PAIR OF TABLE ORNAMENTS "AUX ENFANTS",

Empire, attributable to P.F. FEUCHERE (Pierre François Feuchère, 1737 Paris 1823), Paris ca. 1815/20.

Matte and polished gilt bronze. With marks LJ.

H 43 cm. D 25.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 48 500 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF TABLE ORNAMENTS "AUX ENFANTS",

SMALL SIDE TABLE WITH GREEN HORN,
CHF 48 500

SMALL SIDE TABLE WITH GREEN HORN,

Louis XIV, Paris ca. 1700.

Green horn, exquisitely inlaid with black/brown strap work, fillets and decorative frieze. 1 drawer on the side. Gilt bronze mounts. Old mark 21 on the underside of the frame.

Sold for CHF 48 500 (including buyer’s premium)

SMALL SIDE TABLE WITH GREEN HORN,

SMALL COMMODE,
CHF 48 500

SMALL COMMODE,

Transition, signed L. BOUDIN (Leonard Boudin, maître 1761), Paris ca. 1765.

Mahogany in veneer, finely inlaid with fillets and reserves. Front with 2 sans-traverse drawers, with a narrow drawer on top. Exquisite matte and polished gilt bronze mounts and sabots. Shaped "Brèche d'Alep" marble top. Old inventory inscription SEL 210 in ink, applied by the East Ministry Rosenberg when confiscating the cabinet in 1940.

Sold for CHF 48 500 (including buyer’s premium)

SMALL COMMODE,

COMMODE "A LA GRECQUE",
CHF 46 100

COMMODE "A LA GRECQUE",

Transition, signed G. DESTER (Godefroy Dester, maître 1774), Paris ca. 1775.

Tulipwood, rosewood and partly tinted precious woods in veneer and finely inlaid "à la Reine" with rosettes, blossoms, lozenge pattern, and decorative frieze. Front with 2 sans-traverse drawers. Fine, matte and polished gilt bronze mounts and sabots, in part replaced. Shaped "Brèche d'Alep" marble top. Restorations in the veneer.

125.5x60x90.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 46 100 (including buyer’s premium)

COMMODE "A LA GRECQUE",

MANTEL CLOCK "AUX TETES DE BELIER",
CHF 46 100

MANTEL CLOCK "AUX TETES DE BELIER",

Louis XVI, the bronzes from a Parisian master workshop, the dial signed BOURDIER A PARIS (Jean Simon Bourdier, maître 1787) and inscribed DUBUI(SSON) (Etienne Gobin, known as Dubuisson, 1731- ca. 1815), Paris ca. 1790.

"Carrara" and "Griotte Rouge" marble. Finely painted, parcel-gilt enamel dial. 3 fine, pierced and gilt hands. Anchor movement with Graham escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Exquisite mounts and applications.

Sold for CHF 46 100 (including buyer’s premium)

MANTEL CLOCK "AUX TETES DE BELIER",

PAIR OF NEO-GOTHIC "FRAGONARD" VASES,
CHF 46 100

PAIR OF NEO-GOTHIC "FRAGONARD" VASES,

Louis Philippe, Manufacture de Sèvres, France ca. 1840.

Gilt bronze and finely painted porcelain with decor "à cathédrale"; on a cobalt-blue ground. Old repairs.

Sold for CHF 46 100 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF NEO-GOTHIC "FRAGONARD" VASES,

CENTER TABLE "AUX LIONS",
CHF 46 100

CENTER TABLE "AUX LIONS",

French Restoration, probably Palermo ca. 1840/60.

Wood, exquisitely carved with crouching lions, foliage and decorative frieze, and gilt, polychrome painted and lacquered. Some losses.

D 109 cm. H 89 cm.

Sold for CHF 46 100 (including buyer’s premium)

CENTER TABLE "AUX LIONS",

ROUND GUERIDON,
CHF 43 700

ROUND GUERIDON,

Transition, attributable to M. CARLIN (Martin Carlin, maître 1766), Paris ca. 1765/70.

Shaped mahogany. "Carrara" marble tops, edged in meander band. On castors. Requires some restoration.

D 37 cm. H 83 cm.

Sold for CHF 43 700 (including buyer’s premium)

ROUND GUERIDON,

CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND ALARM,
CHF 38 900

CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND ALARM,

Renaissance, indistinctly monogrammed WL (probably Erhard Liechti, died in 1591) and dated 1560.

Wrought iron, in part painted. 4 pillars holding the bell frame, painted red, with 2 bells, one on top of the other. Finely painted dial with window for moon phase, pierced dial with cut-out hour wheel and central coat-of-arms with date. One finely painted hand. Movements with iron cogwheels, arranged on behind the other. Finely shaped bell hammers, striking the hour and half-hour. Paint work of the dial, restored.

Sold for CHF 38 900 (including buyer’s premium)

CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND ALARM,

SUITE OF FURNITURE,
CHF 36 500

SUITE OF FURNITURE,

Empire, signed JACOB D.R. MESLEE (the collaboration between François Honoré Jacob-Desmalter and Georges Jacob between1803 and 1813), Paris ca. 1810.

Comprising 6 fauteuils "en gondole", 2 chairs "en gondole", 1 large canapé and 1pair of small canapés, so-called "têtes à tête". Wood, finely carved with foliage and decorative frieze, painted beige and parcel-gilt. Pink silk cover. Requires some restoration. The banquettes entirely upholstered with green and blue velour. Plinth "en faux marbre", some chips.The chairs and fauteuils in part with old label "Monsieur Maréchal Soult, Salon & Boudoir".

Fauteuils 60x42x40x86 cm. Chairs 40x40x48x86 cm. Canapé 230x59x44x98 cm and 98x58x44x98 cm.

Sold for CHF 36 500 (including buyer’s premium)

SUITE OF FURNITURE,

SMALL CYLINDER DESK,
CHF 36 500

SMALL CYLINDER DESK,

Louis XVI, by F. BURY (Ferdinand Bury, maître 1774) and signed I.B. TUART (Jean Baptiste Tuart, maître 1741), Paris ca. 1775.

Tulipwood, amaranth, mahogany and various precious woods, fluted, shaped and in veneer. Pull-out leaf lined with green gold-impressed leather over central drawer, and 1 drawer on each side. Fitted interior with large compartment, on top 3 adjacent drawers and 2 cartonniers lined with matching leather. Retracted top with 3 adjacent drawers. Fine gilt bronze mounts and sabots, and brass fluting. "Carrara" marble top, edged with pierced brass. Free-standing.

100x57.5x(open 76)x114 cm.

Sold for CHF 36 500 (including buyer’s premium)

SMALL CYLINDER DESK,

MANTEL CLOCK "AU MANEGE",
CHF 28 100

MANTEL CLOCK "AU MANEGE",

Empire/French Restoration, the dial signed VAILLANT A PARIS (Louis Jacques Vaillant, maître 1787), the bronze inscribed PRIX DU VAINQUEUR, Paris ca. 1815/30.

Matte and polished gilt bronze. Octagonal case with a central fluted shaft with a merry-go-round featuring 3 putti on swans. On a later octagonal mahogany base. Enamel dial with the hours in Roman numerals and the minutes in Arabic numerals. Parisian movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell, the mechanism is triggered when striking the hour. Requires revision.

28.5x23.5x56.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 28 100 (including buyer’s premium)

MANTEL CLOCK "AU MANEGE",

LACQUER COMMODE "AU DECOR CHINOIS",
CHF 408 500

LACQUER COMMODE "AU DECOR CHINOIS",

Louis XV, Venice ca. 1730/40.

Shaped wood, finely carved with shells, rocailles and decorative frieze, and in part gilt. Exquisitely lacquered all-around, with a group of figures in an idealized park landscape on an azure ground. Front with 2 drawers. Iron mounts. "Giallo di Breccia" marble top.

Sold for CHF 408 500 (including buyer’s premium)

LACQUER COMMODE "AU DECOR CHINOIS",

PAIR OF IMPORTANT LIDDED VASES "A L'ANTIQUE",
CHF 132 500

PAIR OF IMPORTANT LIDDED VASES "A L'ANTIQUE",

Louis XVI, after drawings by G.B. PIRANESI (Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Treviso 1720-1778 Rome), Italy, ca. 1780/1800.

"Carrara" marble. Urn-shaped vases on a gadrooned round foot with a square plinth. The walls decorated with human figures in oval medallions, and with rosettes, leaves and decorative frieze.

H 70 cm, Diam 34,2cm.

Sold for CHF 132 500 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF IMPORTANT LIDDED VASES "A L'ANTIQUE",

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