Berlin

  Lot 90. A German fayence blue and white chinoiserie vase and cover, circa 1720, Gerhard Wolbeer's factory, Berlin; 41 cm high, 19 cm wide. Estimate: 1,200 - 1,800 GBP. Lot sold: 1,512 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of baluster form with a domed cover and foot, painted wiuth a frieze of figures between bands of stylised flowers and foliage. Provenance: Sammlung Riesebieter, Oldenburg, according to paper label, enamelled numeral. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 89. A Prussian cut and engraved Royal goblet and cover, circa 1710, Postdam, engraved in Berlin; 35cm. high. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold: 2,520 GBP.  Photo Sotheby's. the round funnel bowl engraved, probably by Gottfried Spiller with four crowned cyphers above a star and trellis pattern section, the domed cover engraved with scattered flower sprigs below border of flowerheads and printes, the finial and stem with fluted baluster sections either side of a compressed knob,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 205. Grande chope couverte en argent partiellement doré par Thomas Kober, Berlin, vers 1700. Estimation: 3,000 — 5,000 EUR. Photo: Sotheby's. unie, l'appui-pouce en enroulement, le couvercle légèrement bombé. Haut. 21 cm, 678, 2 g ; 8 1/4 in. high, 21oz 16dwt A GERMAN SILVER-GILT  TANKARD, THOMAS KOBER, BERLIN, CIRCA 1700 Sotheby's. Importante Orfèvrerie Européenne, Boîtes en Or et Objets de vitrine, Paris, 26 avr. 2017, 10:30 AM

Lot 230. A German four colour gold and powdered shell snuff-box, Berlin, circa 1765. Estimate £100,000 - £150,000 ($129,100 - $193,650). Price Realized £200,500 ($259,848). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016 rectangular gold-lined box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of powdered tortoiseshell, overlaid with pierced gold trellis-work and mounted en-cage within chased scalloped gold floral borders, each panel applied with vari-colour gold birds perched amongst trees, flowers and foliage, the interior of... [Lire la suite]

Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733), A very large pair of white marble vases, Paris, 1716. White marble, 121 x 86 x 49 cm. Galerie Aveline at TEFAF 2016 © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015 Provenance: H.M.W. Oppenheim Esq. Collection Table, Berlin, middle 18th century. Beechwood, mahogany, rosewood and gilt bronze, 76.5 x 87.5 x 55 cm. Galerie Aveline at TEFAF 2016 © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015 Provenance: Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord (1862-1948) A set of six Régence... [Lire la suite]

        Artist Michael Duté's Studio and Home in Berlin. Photos by David Hiepler and Fritz Brunier

A 19th century 37.39 carats sapphire and diamond flower brooch, circa 1870. Estimate £4000–6000. Photo Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions.  DONNINGTON PRIORY.- Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions announced their first Luxury Accessories event of 2015. The auctions of Fine Jewellery, Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories will be held at Donnington Priory on Thursday 26th March 2015.  Jewellery Highlights This early Victorian turquoise, garnet and diamond serpent necklace, circa 1840, is in... [Lire la suite]

Table en cabaret en noyer, hêtre teinté et monture de bronze doré, travail allemand, probablement Berlin, milieu du XVIIIe siècle. Estimation 40,000 — 60,000 EUR. Photo Sotheby's. le plateau orné de filets de laiton et feuilles stylisées en palissandre dans les angles, ceint d'une lingotière en bronze doré, la ceinture décorée d'agrafes rocaille et de branches de fleurs - Haut. 76,5 cm, larg. 87,5 cm, prof. 55 cm A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED STAINED BEECHWOOD AND PLAIN WALNUT TABLE,... [Lire la suite]

A bust of Saint Cosmas, one of the Welfenschatz treasures on display at a Berlin museum. Photo: DPA The heirs of Jewish art dealers who sold a trove of medieval treasures to the Nazis are suing the German state in a U.S. lawsuit. Gestapo founder Herman Goering orchestrated the sale in 1935 with four Jewish art dealers who received millions of dollars. The collection is now thought to be worth about $226 million. "Any transaction in 1935, where the sellers on the one side were Jews and the buyer on the other side was the Nazi... [Lire la suite]

The Wunderkammer Olbricht, Berlin © Photos Bernd Borchardt