Silver & Porcelain
Monday 24 March 2014, 02.00 PM
DRINKING VESSEL ON WHEELS, Nuremberg 1609-1629. Maker's mark: Esaias zur Linden. Parcel-gilt. Four wheels carry the hull of the ship, the outside of which depicts waves and sea monsters. The fore has a straw designed as the head of an animal, the aft has a volute-shaped handle. The central mast is decorated with a silver sail and a flag. Armed figures and canons on the deck. H 31 cm, 473g. Provenance: German private collection.
Sold for CHF 264 000
IMPORTANT TRAVEL SERVICE WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE VENETIAN PATRICIANS OF THE CORRER FAMILY, Meissen, ca. 1740. In its original leather case. Each piece painted with the coat of arms of the Correr family from Venice. Comprising: one coffee pot with lid, a teapot with lid, a cream jug with lid, a bowl, a sugar bowl, a saucer, six coffee cups and saucers, six tea cups and saucers. Underglaze blue crossed-swords mark, press numbers, impressed potter's mark* on one tea cup. H coffee pot 22.5 cm. Small chip on the lid of the coffee pot, small, flat chips on the lid of the teapot, lid of the tea caddy repaired. The leather case lined with green silk. Key to the case missing (37). Provenance: German private collection.
Sold for CHF 114 000
DRINKING VESSEL DESIGNED AS A SHIP, Nuremberg 1609-1623. Maker's mark: Tobias Wolff. Parcel-gilt. H 49.5 cm, 755g. Provenance: German private collection.
Sold for CHF 264 000
FINE TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE WITH PARFORCE AND EXOTIC HUNTING SCENES, Meissen, ca. 1760-1765. In its original case. Comprising: 1 case with later brass lock, 1 coffee pot and cover, 1 teapot and cover, 1 saucer, cover of a sugar bowl, 1 tea caddy and cover, 1 bowl, 6 coffee cups and saucers, 12 tea cups and saucers. The case lined with dark red leather, the lock later. Underglaze blue crossed-swords marks. Restorations. PLEASE NOTE: cover to milkjug replaced, 1 saucer a Vienna replacement, one cup and saucer with varied gilt rocaille decoration associated. Provenance: - Formerly in possession of a French branch of the Princes of Lobkowicz. - Swiss property.
Sold for CHF 78 000
DRINKING VESSEL, Augsburg 1600-1610. Maker's mark: Heinrich Winterstein. Parcel-gilt. The sails and flags in silver. H 40 cm, 460g. Provenance: - Fritz Payer TEFAF, Maastricht 2003. - German private collection.
Sold for CHF 444 000