Auction 23 May 2024 Auction 114, Day 1 - Plauen

Bid on the lot list Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH : 23 May 2024 - Vorbesichtigung16.05.2024 10:00-18:00 Uhr17.05.2024 10:00-18:00 Uhr18.05.2024 10:00-18:00 Uhr21.05.2024 10:00-18:00 Uhr Wir bieten Ihnen die Möglichkeit Ihre ersteigerten Objekte per DHL zu versenden.Für Informationen zum Versand oder Versandangebote kontaktieren Sie bitte unsere Versandabteilung unter versand@mehlis.eu.Sollte ein Versand über DHL nicht möglich sein helfen wir Ihnen gerne bei der Suche nach einem passenden Transportunternehmen. Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH - Plauen

Auction 114, Day 1

Thursday 23 May 2024 - 10:00 (CEST) - Live

Hammerstraße 30 - 08523 Plauen, Allemagne

Auktionshaus Mehlis GmbH

Lot n° 1

Memento Mori 19th century, carved...

Memento Mori 19th century, carved wood, chalk-ground, coloured and gilded, miniature console with sculpted skull, small missing part, h 15 cm.

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Lot n° 2

Memento Mori 19th century, marked...

Memento Mori 19th century, marked S. Felicidez, stepped gilt-bronze round base with mounted, fragmentary skull, surmounted by a velvet headdress with embroidered Christ monogram, decorated with gold braid and pearls, lacking preservation, h 25 cm.

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Lot n° 3

Memorial plaque dated 1834, softwood...

Memorial plaque dated 1834, softwood panel painted in colour, with the inscription "Herr gib allen Abgestorbenen Christen Gläubigen Seelen die ewige Ruhe" above a vanitas motif of a pyramid of stacked human skulls, traces of age, minor superficial loss...

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Lot n° 4

Leg carving Memento Mori 20th...

Leg carving Memento Mori 20th century, elaborately carved leg, partly engraved and blackened, sculpturally carved skull with a snake coiled around it with its mouth wide open, mounted on a glass base, slight signs of age, h approx. 7 cm.

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Lot n° 5

A collection of figural carvings 20th...

A collection of figural carvings 20th century, one indistinctly signed, hardwood carved, partly engraved and blackened, two memento mori, each depicting a skull crowned by snakes and rats, with filigree netsuke, also with sculptural rat motif on gourd,...

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Lot n° 6

Memento Mori 20th century, deciduous...

Memento Mori 20th century, deciduous wood, elaborately carved, fully sculpted depiction of a man's head, in the prime of life on the front, but only as a skull on the reverse, mounted on a faceted glass base, h 12 cm overall.

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Lot n° 7

Memento Mori 1st half 20th century,...

Memento Mori 1st half 20th century, unmarked brush mark in red and underglaze blue brush number 505, very white, translucent bone china, three-dimensional skull without lower jaw, glaze slightly craquelled, h 12 cm.

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Lot n° 8

Memento Mori 1st half 20th century,...

Memento Mori 1st half 20th century, unmarked, porcelain with overglaze painting, sculptural skull on an open-worked pedestal, the skull calotte with further small circular openings next to a central brass insert for holding an object (pen or pine chip),...

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Lot n° 9

Figurative table decoration 20th...

Figurative table decoration 20th century, biscuit porcelain, one marked Made in Japan, coloured, three plastically worked skulls as candlesticks and pen holders, tiny chips, l max. 9 cm.

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Lot n° 10

Unusual lidded box Early 20th century,...

Unusual lidded box Early 20th century, hardwood, carved in several parts and painted in colour, body designed in the shape of a skull entwined by a snake, missing purchase, otherwise only slight signs of age, h approx. 12 cm.

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Lot n° 11

Memento Mori bronze 20th century,...

Memento Mori bronze 20th century, brown patinated bronze and stucco, signed Mamito, human skull as vanitas symbol, patina partially rubbed, l 24 cm.

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Lot n° 12

Anatomical model of indeterminate...

Anatomical model of indeterminate age, fragment of a child's skull, which was divided in the centre and inscribed by hand, as a medical illustrative model, fragmentary condition, l approx. 16 cm.

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Lot n° 13

Memento Mori 20th century, carved...

Memento Mori 20th century, carved horn, sculpted skull with a dragon coiled around it with its mouth wide open, on a coloured base, h 15 cm.

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Lot n° 14

Occult carving 20th century, hardwood...

Occult carving 20th century, hardwood carved, dark painted and horn also elaborately worked, crucifix entwined with ivy, adorned with several skulls and a Satan's head in the centre, an exposed human skeleton can be found in the area of the predella,...

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Lot n° 15

Memento Mori 19th century, carved...

Memento Mori 19th century, carved staghorn, Janus head, presumably depicting Loki, the god of fire in Norse mythology, on a turned, dark-coloured hardwood base, signs of age, h 15 cm.

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Lot n° 16

Two horn carvings Memento Mori unmarked,...

Two horn carvings Memento Mori unmarked, probably carved from stag horn, Janus head showing a bearded man on one side and his mortal remains on the other, with a little death as a standing figure, entwined with a lizard, slight signs of age, h 4 and 8.5...

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Lot n° 17

Two figurative carvings 20th century,...

Two figurative carvings 20th century, carved staghorn, fully sculpted busts of the famous US presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, mounted on turned stained wooden bases, h approx. 13 cm each.

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Lot n° 18

Erotica corkscrew Early 20th century,...

Erotica corkscrew Early 20th century, carved horn, double phallus-shaped handle, iron mount, signs of age, h 10 cm.

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Lot n° 19

Rococo fan circa 1780, unsigned,...

Rococo fan circa 1780, unsigned, ornamentally printed paper covering, centrally placed coloured copper engraving medallion with shepherd idyll, framed by cornucopias, garlands and other cartouches, frame of carved, partly coloured leg, lacking in preservation,...

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Lot n° 20

Portrait of Mary Folk art, 19th...

Portrait of Mary Folk art, 19th century, bone plate with pointed arch finial and rosette, engraved and blackened depiction, central motif "The Immaculate Heart of Mary" flanked by two fable-like figures, partly ornamentally painted, dry cracked, signs...

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Lot n° 21

Maré, Miniature Portrait of a Girl...

Maré, Miniature Portrait of a Girl Full-length portrait of a little girl sitting on a cushion in a pink dress with bonnet, holding a rose in her hand, fine miniature painting, mixed media on panel, 1st half 20th century, signed "Maré" lower right, framed...

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Lot n° 22

Fine Italian mirror micromosaic Mid...

Fine Italian mirror micromosaic Mid 20th century, solid fruitwood with stand on the back and inserted faceted mirror, micromosaic inlaid in the wood on the front with flower garlands in relief made of small coloured glass stones, varnish of the wood partly...

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Lot n° 23

Micromosaic wall mirror Italy,...

Micromosaic wall mirror Italy, late 19th century, solid hardwood, rectangular model with flared spandrels and oval mirror cut-out, with inset faceted original glass, richly decorated with inlays of miniature glass segments depicting various flower bouquets...

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Lot n° 24

Miniature portrait Early 20th century,...

Miniature portrait Early 20th century, monogrammed, on the reverse with unverified attribution Catherine the Great, gouache on panel, bust of a regent in an ermine coat against a monochrome background, slightly wavy painted ground, mounted as a tondo...

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Lot n° 25

Miniature in an Empire frame circa...

Miniature in an Empire frame circa 1900, indistinctly signed I. Bause, gouache on panel, fine rococo maiden in a deeply decorated dress with feathered hat, against a light blue background, framed behind glass in an oval, the surrounding wooden frame elaborately...

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Lot n° 26

Convolute of miniature portraits 19th/20th...

Convolute of miniature portraits 19th/20th century, eight pieces, partly signed, gouache on panel, half-length portraits of a Biedermeier couple, two fine gentlemen of the same era and four depictions of young ladies of the Baroque and Rococo periods...

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Lot n° 27

Miniature painting Biedermeier circa...

Miniature painting Biedermeier circa 1830, unsigned, gouache on panel, painted antique-style scene with a lightly clothed nymph holding a mascaron, set in a delicate silver frame, the frame decorated with leg elements, with eyelet, signs of age, slightest...

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Lot n° 28

Pair of wax pictures 1st half 19th...

Pair of wax pictures 1st half 19th century, cast wax, painted in colour, portrait pendants of a middle-aged couple in profile, against a monochrome background, the gentleman in frock coat with high-collared shirt collar, the wife with bonnet and shawl,...

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Lot n° 29

Unusual picture frame 18th century,...

Unusual picture frame 18th century, carved wood, stuccoed, coloured and gold-bronzed, model designed in the form of a hand mirror with floral foliage in relief, oval picture section with fragment of a historical miniature, some old repairs, signs of age,...

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Lot n° 30

Soapstone chess set 20th century,...

Soapstone chess set 20th century, unmarked, carved from soapstone, stylised figurative depictions based on African motifs, complete, very slightly bumped, h König 9 cm.

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Lot n° 31

Chess set Erzgebirge Mid 20th century,...

Chess set Erzgebirge Mid 20th century, carved hardwood, partly painted brown, stylised game pieces, good condition, complete, h König 8 cm.

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Lot n° 32

Carved chess set Mid 20th century,...

Carved chess set Mid 20th century, carved wood, coloured, partly gold and silver bronzed, slightly abstracted figurative game pieces, complete, in original box, with paper playing surface, slight signs of age, h König 7.5 cm.

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Lot n° 33

Patriotic chess set Early 20th...

Patriotic chess set Early 20th century, cast metal, square board, supported by four rising stallions with a wide frame, decorated with volutes and ornamental reliefs, the playing fields made of cream or sand-coloured onyx, the sculpturally designed playing...

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Lot n° 34

A collection of porcelain pipes Mostly...

A collection of porcelain pipes Mostly 19th century, ten pieces, porcelain pipe bowls with polychrome overglaze painting and partial gold decoration, several marked, including patriotic models and several with hunting motifs, with a few hardwood rods,...

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Lot n° 35

Figurative pipe bowl around 1900,...

Figurative pipe bowl around 1900, carved in meerschaum, decorated with a sculpted goblin at work in the mountains, silver mount, in original leather case, signs of age and wear, l 7 cm.

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Lot n° 36

Patriotic pipe bowl 19th century,...

Patriotic pipe bowl 19th century, carved in meerschaum, moulded pipe bowl with relief depiction of Napoleon I in uniform as a standing figure, holding a thunderbolt with his raised right hand, silver-plated metal mountings, slight signs of age, h 16...

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Lot n° 37

Ivory walking stick Early 19th...

Ivory walking stick Early 19th century, ivory handle, in the shape of a young man's head, small brass ring, shot probably of malacca cane, moulded socket, also of ivory, for the hand strap, horn ferrule, minimal signs of age, Cites papers present, h 100...

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Lot n° 38

Figural walking stick 1920s, high...

Figural walking stick 1920s, high ball-shaped pommel of galalith, decorated with chinoiseries, with two figural depictions, precious wood weft, horn ferrule, cracked by drying, h 93 cm.

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Lot n° 39

Walking stick horn 20th century,...

Walking stick horn 20th century, figural, bevelled handle made of stag horn, in the shape of a couple making love, crowning a gilded, miniature basket, blackened shot, gilded ferrule, h 100 cm.

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Lot n° 40

Walking stick horn 20th century,...

Walking stick horn 20th century, figural stag horn handle in the shape of a nature spirit, crowning a gilded, miniature bronze urn, blackened shot, gilded ferrule, h 109 cm.

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Lot n° 41

Walking stick horn 20th century,...

Walking stick horn 20th century, figural stag horn handle in the shape of the Grim Reaper, crowning a gilded, miniature bronze urn, blackened shot, gilded ferrule, h 107 cm.

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Lot n° 42

Walking stick horn Early 20th century,...

Walking stick horn Early 20th century, horn carved, partly engraved and blackened, slender handle in naturalistic moulding with three plastically carved rodents, metal cuff, ebony weft, horn ferrule, traces of age, drying cracked, h 91 cm.

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Lot n° 43

Silver walking stick circa 1900,...

Silver walking stick circa 1900, unmarked, silver tested, faceted relief mount with scrollwork and acanthus leaf motif, malacca cane weft, nickel ferrule, somewhat dented, signs of wear, h 85 cm.

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Lot n° 44

Three silver canes circa 1900,...

Three silver canes circa 1900, all marked 800, curved handles with floral and ornamental relief decoration, one with engraved owner's monogram JP, all with hardwood weft, rubber or nickel ferrule, one without, signs of age and use, max. length 92 cm....

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Lot n° 45

Art Nouveau walking stick circa...

Art Nouveau walking stick circa 1910, unmarked, bevelled silver-plated metal handle with iris decoration in relief and illegible cartouche, snakewood weft, rubber-reinforced iron ferrule, signs of age, h 85 cm.

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Lot n° 46

Geologist's cane 20th century,...

Geologist's cane 20th century, walking aid designed as a Steigerhäckel, the handle made of brass, hardwood weft, slight signs of age and wear, h 92 cm

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Lot n° 47

Walking stick circa 1920, unmarked,...

Walking stick circa 1920, unmarked, metal knob in relief with spiral decoration, dark tropical wood weft, missing ferrule, signs of age and wear, h 90 cm.

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Lot n° 48

Lidded serpentine box 19th century,...

Lidded serpentine box 19th century, made of dark brown, slightly veined Zöblitz garnet serpentine with plain cylindrical wall and applied flat lid with faceted knob, lid rim with chip, otherwise good original condition, h 13 cm.

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Lot n° 49

Serpentine screw-top jar 19th century,...

Serpentine screw-top jar 19th century, lidded jar turned from dark green Zöblitz garnet serpentine with moulded walls and screw thread, plain domed lid with bow handle and attached pewter eyelet, very good original condition, h 12 cm.

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Lot n° 50

Figural bowl 1930s, shallow, slightly...

Figural bowl 1930s, shallow, slightly moulded bowl of yellowish marble, applied bevelled bird of solid bronze in polychrome cold painting, good condition with slight signs of age, l 30 cm.

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