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
Furniture & Clocks

Hardturmstrasse 102
8031 Zurich
skoller@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 20

Corinne Koller
Silver

Hardturmstrasse 102
8031 Zürich
ckoller@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 22

Sabine Neumaier
Porcelain & Faience

Hardturmstrasse 102
8031 Zürich
neumaier@kollerauctions.com
+41 44 445 63 12

Giordana Schmid

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

Upcoming auctions

A200 - Furniture, Porcelain & Silver

24.03.2022

Deadline for consignments:

01.01.2022

ibid126 - ibid Furniture

29.03.2022

A202 - Furniture, Porcelain & Silver

21.09.2022

ibid129 - ibid Furniture

27.09.2022

Ibid Online catalogue >>

Past auctions

ibid122 - ibid Furniture

05.10.2021

A198 - Furniture, Porcelain & Silver

30.09.2021

A198 - Ivory collection

30.09.2021

A198 - Arms & Armour

30.09.2021

Selected results

JEAN–BAPTISTE CARPEAUX
CHF 252 840

JEAN–BAPTISTE CARPEAUX

(1827 – 1875)

L'Afrique. Plaster with grey / brownish patina. Signed J Bti Carpeaux inside the base.

Sold for CHF 252 840 (including buyer’s premium)

JEAN–BAPTISTE CARPEAUX

LARGE TAPESTRY FROM THE SERIES "THE LIFE OF CAESAR"
CHF 43 000

LARGE TAPESTRY FROM THE SERIES "THE LIFE OF CAESAR"

Brussels, mid-17th century. City mark BB (Brabant-Brussels) and signed G. Peemans (Gérard Peemans, active 1660-1707).

Depicting a battle scene, the upper part inscribed in a cartouche "IULIUS CAESAR ET POMPEUS CONFLIGUINT". Wide border with an opulent floral garland featuring figures and a depiction of shepherds in a cartouche.

Ca. 392 x 590 cm.

Sold for CHF 43 000 (including buyer’s premium)

LARGE TAPESTRY FROM THE SERIES "THE LIFE OF CAESAR"

RARE PENDANT WATCH
CHF 39 340

RARE PENDANT WATCH

Southern Germany, probably by Hans Christoph Kreizer, Augsburg ca. 1630.

Pierced, engraved and gilt brass, and cut glass. Oval-shaped, the sides decorated with facetted glass elements, in brass mounts decorated with scrolled leaves and buds. The front and the back open up, and are decorated with glass elements. The rear cover is likewise decorated with facetted glass elements. Silvered dial with hours in Roman numerals, enameled with a Phoenix and foliage (with losses). Fine movement with verge escapement, and striking the hour on a bell arranged in the rear cover. Iron cut-outs designed as tendrils. Barrels engraved with foliage. Suspension eyelet.

Sold for CHF 39 340 (including buyer’s premium)

RARE PENDANT WATCH

COMPLETE SUIT OF ARMOUR
CHF 22 260

COMPLETE SUIT OF ARMOUR

German, ca. 1580.

Suit of armour in shiny iron with brass rivets, complete in all its parts, comprising burgonet, one-piece skull with tall comb, neck guard, cheek guards, two-part collar, breast plate, pauldrons, gauntlets, faulds, cuisses, fan -plates, poleyns, greaves, sabatons. Carefully restored and leathering renewed. Stand included.

Sold for CHF 22 260 (including buyer’s premium)

COMPLETE SUIT OF ARMOUR

SABRE
CHF 17 380

SABRE

Russian-Caucasian, Kubachi, Dagestan, end of the 19th century.

Silver hilt, parcel-gilt, solid grip with an oval cross-section ending in a horse's head, both sides with identical symmetrically-applied decoration, cut and chiseled leaf ornaments, in part decorated with niello. Quillon with spherical ends. The decoration matches that of the grip, the center set with an oval stone. Single-edged blade, Wootz-Damascus steel (L 70.5 cm). Solid silver scabbard composed of several parts, with symmetric decoration, such as chiseled leaf ornaments and niello, and set with six red stones.

L with scabbard 97 cm.

Sold for CHF 17 380 (including buyer’s premium)

SABRE

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS
CHF 13 720

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS

Southern German or Austrian, ca. 1730/40.

Round barrels (L 34.3 cm), Cal. 15 mm, chamber part with carved decoration, elongated brass front sights set on the center rails. Flat lock plates and cocks, engraved hunting decoration of a sow hunt. Gilt brass mounts, side plates and thumb rests as well as knobs and trigger guard opulently decorated with Baroque ornaments, two ramrod sleeves. Carved walnut stocks, horn end, wooden ramrods with horn tip.

Sold for CHF 13 720 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF FLINTLOCK PISTOLS

PAIR OF IMPORTANT INLAID COMMODES FROM THE WORKSHOP OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH SPINDLER
CHF 219 900

PAIR OF IMPORTANT INLAID COMMODES FROM THE WORKSHOP OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH SPINDLER

Rococo, Potsdam ca. 1765. Johann Friedrich Spindler (1726 – 1799).

Walnut, walnut burlwood, plum and other, in part tinted fruitwoods, opulently inlaid with flower bouquets in reserves and fillets. Fine, later paintwork. Front with two drawers, one sans-traverse. Moulded, curved top, inlaid with fantasy landscapes, a central well with Neptune, and bucolic scenes as well as a castle. The lateral walls, likewise inlaid with flower bouquets in reserves. Fine gilt bronze mounts and sabots. The back with a seal, the inside of the drawers featuring the stamp "Prinzlich Reussisches Familien Privatfideikommiss Trebschen" and numbers on labels: 15 and 1048. 2 keys.

134 × 66 × 82.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 219 900 (including buyer’s premium)

PAIR OF IMPORTANT INLAID COMMODES FROM THE WORKSHOP OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH SPINDLER

REGULATOR TABLE CLOCK WITH SECOND, CALENDAR AND EQUATION DRIVE
CHF 82 700

REGULATOR TABLE CLOCK WITH SECOND, CALENDAR AND EQUATION DRIVE

Empire, Paris ca. 1810. The second chapter ring, signed Breguet Paris.

Rectangular case in mahogany, glazed on all sides. Bronze applications. Movement, in part skeletonized, with a large silvered chapter ring for the seconds, above a calendar and equation-of-time chapter ring. White enamel dial for the hours and minutes, placed eccentrically in the chapter ring for the seconds. Movement with Lepaute pin escapement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. Compensation pendulum (pendulum spring repaired, tip missing, screw on bob missing).

30 × 19 × 48 cm.

Sold for CHF 82 700 (including buyer’s premium)

REGULATOR TABLE CLOCK WITH SECOND, CALENDAR AND EQUATION DRIVE

RARE AND FINE ASTRONOMICAL TABLE REGULATOR CLOCK WITH SECOND, MONTH, DAY AND MOON PHASE
CHF 43 000

RARE AND FINE ASTRONOMICAL TABLE REGULATOR CLOCK WITH SECOND, MONTH, DAY AND MOON PHASE

Louis XVI / Directoire, Paris ca. 1800/10. The dial signed Ferdinand Berthoud (Ferdinand Berthoud, 1727-1807, maître in Paris 1754), this clock possibly by his nephew Louis Berthoud, who initially signed with his uncle's name.

Brass and bronze, chased and parcel-gilt. Skeleton movement with five enameled chapter rings. Central chapter ring for the Roman hours, there-above: a dial painted with clouds and stars, indicating the phases of the moon. The lower part features three slightly staggered chapter rings for the day, date and month. Movement with scissor escapement and large driving gears, which protrude from the sides. Compensation rear-pendulum. Probably a 30-day movement, striking the 1/2-hour on bell. The spring of the striking mechanism operates the astronomical indications. On a black stone plinth with gilt spherical feet. The front of the base is decorated with pierced and gilt bronze.

35 × 13 × 62 cm.

Sold for CHF 43 000 (including buyer’s premium)

RARE AND FINE ASTRONOMICAL TABLE REGULATOR CLOCK WITH SECOND, MONTH, DAY AND MOON PHASE

RARE PAINTED CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND AUTOMATED MECHANISM
CHF 36 900

RARE PAINTED CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND AUTOMATED MECHANISM

Renaissance, Southern Germany or Strasbourg, 2nd half of the 16th century.

Closed rectangular iron case, painted and decorated with gilt applications. Painted frontispiece with two superimposed dials, the upper one indicating the month and day and the signs of the zodiac, the lower one featuring the hours in Roman numerals. The arc segment of the cornice displays the moon phase by means of a rotating sphere and the sculpted heads of a king and a queen. The doors, painted with Allegories of Wisdom, and probably with the owner of the clock. Iron movement with decorative corner pillars. Three stacked movements: one movement with verge escapement and wheel balance, and two striking-mechanism movements for striking the two bells. Marked on the back: Restauriert Anno 1983 F.K.

16 × 18 × 45 cm.

Sold for CHF 36 900 (including buyer’s premium)

RARE PAINTED CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE AND AUTOMATED MECHANISM

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