Renaissance

Left: Memento Mori Sculpture, German, 18th century. Marble. Height ca 6.5 cm, width ca 7 cm, depth ca 8 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Middle: Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Right: Vanitas Still Lives by Josep and Pere Santilari, at Stuart Lochhead. Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2413. A Renaissance "Tear" pattern vermeil beaker, Nürnberg, circa 1570. H. 11,5 cm. Sold: €8,500 (Est: €600 - €1,000). © 2021 Nagel Auctions. Silver, chased, engraved and gilt. Tooled with tears, three later mounted medaillons with putti. Townmark, Tremolierstrich, maker's mark of Paulus I Flindt (1562/1572). Circa 180 gr. Gilding parcially later, worn.  Provenance: The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics, Glass, Silver and Galanterie. Nagel Auction. Fine Arts,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. A silver gilt Renaissance tazza, Attributed to Augsburg, Tobias Kramer, first third 17th century. With later Dutch hallmarks. H 7.5, D 20.6, weight 368 g. Estimate: €18,000 - €20,000. Courtesy Kunsthaus Lempertz Gadrooned gilded base with snakeskin engravings supporting a slender shaft. The interior of the bowl entirely gilded; the raised central node decorated with an impression of a coin with a dragon holding the Bourbon coat-of-arms inscribed “S:ANTHOINE: PARENT”. The rim with radial concave... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A Renaissance parcel gilt silver hunting beaker, Maker's mark only, attributed to Strasbourg, Emanuel Waltner, circa 1600. H 10.5 cm, weight 127 g. Estimate: €18,000 - €20,000. Courtesy Kunsthaus Lempertz Tapering fluted beaker on a flat basal ring. The outer surface engraved with strap- and scrollwork amid fruit garlands. With a small engraved frieze below the smooth lip depicting riders hunting rabbits. With a small owner's stamp “V” on the underside. Kunsthaus Lempertz KG. From Antiquity to Art... [Lire la suite]

Raymond Yard. An aquamarine and white opal dress of asymmetric design clip by Yard. Four tapered silvers of opal are set into two diagonally opposing corners with two rows of diamond running up each side of the emerald cut aquamarine. Mounted in platinum. American, circa 1933. Sandra Cronan Ltd, Stand D 15 © 2017 MASTERPIECE LONDON LTD A pair of Egyptian Revival earrings of circular design, featuring a central sphynx in relief, bordered by coloured enamel heiroglyphics. English, circa 1885. Sandra Cronan Ltd,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1024. "Pietra Paesina" Cabinet, Renaissance, Florence, 17th century. Estimate CHF 100 000 / 200 000 (€ 92 590 / 185 190). Photo: Koller. Ebonized wood, exquisitely inlaid with "Pietra Paesina" marble as well as with brass and tin fillets. Rectangular body with scrolled top and handles on the side, on a straight frame with spherical feet, on a later console table from the 19th century with 4 pillars and spherical feet. Structured front with central drawer "en fausse porte" between 3 drawers, with... [Lire la suite]

Workshop of the Saracchis, Small rock-crystal jug, Milan, ca 1600. Rock crystal; enamelled gold mount. Height 13 cm © Kunstkammer Georg Laue Johann Daniel Mayer, Court treasury artworks of semi-precious stone with enamelled and fire-gilt silver mounts, Augsburg, 1670-1680. Jasper, jade and rock crystal mount: silver fire-gilt © Kunstkammer Georg Laue  Literature: published in: Georg Laue, Tresor. Treasures for European Kunstkammer, Munich 2017 Johann Georg Kobenhaupt, Moss agate cup in it's leather case, Stuttgart,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 274. A Renaissance gilt-copper turmchenuhr with automaton and alarm, possibly Joseph Motte, Augsburg, circa 1630 and later. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. 1¾-inch dial with silvered chapter ring engraved for twelve and twenty-four hours, central gilt alarm disc, the fusee and chain movement with later conversion to verge escapement and pendulum, going train re-trained, the striking train with lipped barrel and iron wheelwork, locking plate striking on a bell and driving the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 146. A rare Continental Renaissance gold, enamel and diamond-set násfa, circa 1626, probably Hungarian. Estimate $70,000 - $100,000. Price Realized $75,000 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The elaborate gold násfa set with a princely crown above a pair of gem-set wings, with engraved white and black enamel feathers, the feathers on the reverse in black enamel; a jeweled cross and anchor with two white enameled doves above, the anchor entwined with a red, green and black enameled serpent, and two red... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A Renaissance coconut and brass-low digit silver alloy cup and cover, late 16th-early 17th century. Estimate 2 000 €. Photo Nagel floral and ornamental engravings, a putto on the top of the cover. The nut mounted with three removable straps. Minor damages due to age. H. 27,5 cm Provenance: Formerly collection Carl von Weinberg (1861-1943). 1949 restituted to the next relative in legal order of succession, Richard von Szilvinyi, and since then in direct family property. Formerly from the chapel of the... [Lire la suite]