Null Fünfzehn Hämatitgemmen
with portrait head. Front mostly hematite with depic…

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Fünfzehn Hämatitgemmen with portrait head. Front mostly hematite with depiction of a warrior. For watch chains. Medallions mostly with onyx plate on the back. Gilt mountings. Partly slightly damaged. Condition as inspected. R

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Fünfzehn Hämatitgemmen with portrait head. Front mostly hematite with depiction of a warrior. For watch chains. Medallions mostly with onyx plate on the back. Gilt mountings. Partly slightly damaged. Condition as inspected. R

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Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Antwerp 1920 Olympics Gold Winner's Medal Winner's medal issued to British sprinter Guy Butler at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. Gilt silver, 60 mm, 88 gm, by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed "VII Olympiade"; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, "Anvers MCMXX." Bottom edge is stamped “A” for Argent and is engraved with the name of the event, the recipient, his teammates, and their placing: “U.K., 1st, G. M. B. Butler & (J. C. A. Davis, R. A. Lindsay, C. Griffiths), 1600 Meters Relay.” Accompanied by a silver-tone “Prize Medal” from Oxford & Cambridge Athletic Sports, 104 gm, 61 mm, with the reverse engraved: “1920, G. M. Butler, ¼ Mile, 49 ⅗.” Sprinter Guy Butler (1899-1981) remains one of the most awarded runners in the long history of British Olympians. Butler’s four Olympic medals — this offered gold in the 4 x 400, an Antwerp silver in the 400-meter, and two bronzes in the same events in Paris four years later — tie him with athletes Sebastian Coe, Christine Ohuruogu, and Mo Farah for the most athletic medals in British Olympic history. Hosting the Olympics in 1920 was a challenging endeavor so close to the end of the war. Because of financing problems for the Games, many shortcuts had to be taken; one of them was reducing the amount of gold plating on the first-place winner’s medals. Unfortunately, most of the gilding wore off almost immediately and, as is often the case, many of the medals appear almost silver. Faint traces of gilding can still be discerned in the medal’s low relief areas. A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Games. Despite such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions—the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional first place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity.

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics Silver Winner's Medal Winner's medal issued to British sprinter Guy Butler at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. Silver, 60 mm, 87 gm, by Josue Dupon. The front shows a victorious athlete holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with a statue of Renommee in the background, inscribed "VII Olympiade"; the reverse depicts the Brabo fountain above the Antwerp shield, with the Cathedral of Our Lady and city looming in the background, inscribed above, "Anvers MCMXX." Bottom edge is stamped “A” for Argent and is engraved with the name of the event, the recipient, and his placing: “400 Meters, G. M. B. Butler, 2nd.” Accompanied by two sterling silver winner’s shield plaquettes issued to Butler at a Cambridge University Athletic Club track-and-field event at Trinity College in 1919, which identify Butler as the winner of the “¼ Race” and the “100 Yds Race.” Sprinter Guy Butler (1899-1981) remains one of the most awarded runners in the long history of British Olympians. Butler’s four Olympic medals — a gold in the 4 x 400 at Antwerp, this offered silver in the 400-meter, and two bronzes in the same events in Paris four years later — tie him with athletes Sebastian Coe, Christine Ohuruogu, and Mo Farah for the most athletic medals in British Olympic history. A total of 29 nations attended the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium, with Hungary, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire all banned from competing due to their involvement in World War I and the cancelation of the 1916 Games. Despite such political unrest, the return of the Games debuted a trinity of enduring Olympic traditions—the voicing of the Olympic Oath, the symbolic release of doves, and the initial flying of the Olympic flag. An exceptional first place medal of the utmost historical interest and rarity.

Estim. 2 000 - 2 250 EUR

Table clock; France, late nineteenth century. Burnished and chiseled bronze and enameled porcelain. Missing pieces of machinery and some bronzes are loose. Machinery signed "Vassy Jeure Paris". Measurements: 68 x 50,5 x 14,5 cm. Table clock made of burnished and chiseled bronze with enameled porcelain cup "Beau bleu" in the manner of Sèvres. The piece sits on a golden pedestal base, inspired in its design by classical antique motifs. On the base sit two round figures flanking the sides representing a couple of children. In the center stands the cup with bronze base and porcelain body adorned with two goat heads as a handle, each of them on the sides. The front of the body houses the clock face with Roman numerals in black and gold-colored openwork hands. Finally, the cup has a gilded bronze finial. This type of work was very common in the interior decoration of houses and palaces of the upper class in the nineteenth century. Used to decorate rooms by placing them on tables, chests of drawers, etc., they were highly appreciated both by the nobility and by a certain part of the bourgeoisie (those who aspired to emulate the aristocracy, above all) and were made in practically all the important artistic schools of the time. However, the most valued creations were the French ones for several reasons. First, the quality of their design, always inspired by the artistic innovations of the time and avoiding excessive repetition, with a wide variety of models drawn from different sources (Greek sculptures, mythological themes, contemporary works, etc.). Secondly, for the quality of the materials used: high quality porcelain, well-crafted bronzes of good casting and excellent gilding (techniques that the French government itself always had very controlled so as not to lower their quality or, as a result, the category of their production), metals, sometimes carved and polychromed wood, etc. Parts of the machinery are missing and some bronzes are loose.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1500. Black and red ink on vellum from a book of hours. With fifteen lines of text. The recto with a three-line letter I in gold leaf with blue and red pen-flourish decoration of geometric motifs. The recto with two lovely and ornate illustrations of crawling vines with gold leaves and blooms of red and blue. The verso with one illustration of this vine. Provenance: Berlin auction, 2002; W. Wolf, Antiquarian, Minneapolis, MN; Private Minnesota Collection. Sight; height: 6 in x width: 5 in. Framed; height: 13 1/4 in x width: 11 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.

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