12 juillet 2013

Christian Friedrich Herold (1700-1779), A cylindrical tankard with poly- and monochrome Kauffahrtei-scenes, Meissen, ca. 1732. Photo courtesy of Robbig Munchen Painted with polychrome and monochrome harbour scenes by Christian Friedrich Herold (1700–1779) and Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696–1775). No mark. Partly-gilt silver cover with a 1594 dated Saxonian coin with the portraits of the sons of the Electoral of Saxony Christian I. H. 17,3 cm, D. 10,5 cm. Price on... [Lire la suite]

Coffee Pot, Böttger porcelain, Meissen, ca. 1723. Photo courtesy of Robbig Munchen Decorated with coloured landscapes by Johann George Heintze. No mark. Fire-gilded silver mount, Augsburg hallmark and marker’s mark “EA” for Elias Adam. H. 20 cm. Price on request - http://robbig.artsolution.net/ The pear-shaped form of this coffee pot is derived from contemporary silverware. It has a beak spout, scroll handle, and high-domed cover with double-disk finial. The low foot ring and rims of pot and... [Lire la suite]

Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1706-1775), A small milkpot with cover, Meissen, circa 1723. Photo courtesy of Robbig Munchen Painted with polychrome chinoiseries by Johann Gregorius Höroldt. Blue swords mark on glaze. H. 12,5 cm. Price on request - http://robbig.artsolution.net/

A pair of Böttger stoneware cups and saucers. Böttger stoneware, Meissen, ca. 1710-1713. Photo courtesy of Robbig Munchen H. 5,7 cm. Price on request - http://robbig.artsolution.net/

Cylindrical Tankard with Incised Coat of Arms. Böttger stoneware, Meissen, ca. 1715. Photo courtesy of Robbig Munchen Original silver-gilt mount, Nuremberg city mark, and as master craftsman’s signs two H’s interlaced (see Rosenberg 1922–28, vol. 3, no. 4268). H. 22.5 cm. Price on request. http://robbig.artsolution.net/For comparison: Cylindrical tankard with similar incised decoration, Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig (inv. no. V 1516 (I. C. 547); see Gielke 2003, p. 84, no. 8. This important cylindrical... [Lire la suite]

Hermès. A GROUP OF FIVE SILK SCARVES. Photo Christies Image Ltf 2013 Christie’s IN MY FASHION: The Suzy Menkes Collection. http://onlineonly.christies.com/

Images from Mediterranean Living ~ Lisa Lovatt-Smith ~ Whitney Library of Design

Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) (detail). Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- On 19 November 2013, Sotheby’s will offer a defining image of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement and one of the most internationally recognisable images of the nineteenth century, in a London auction of British & Irish Art. Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) has come to represent the artist in his final and fullest identity, and of all his subjects that of Proserpine occupies a seminal position in the artist’s oeuvre. The... [Lire la suite]