23rd Oct, 2025 9:30
A Viennese ormolu and hard enamel horse-drawn coach form trinket box, Vienna, C1880S, the body of the carriage with enamel "Romantic" panels of lovers in landscapes with hinged cover, trunk and footbox with velvet-lined interiors and glazed with bevelled glass panels, 18 cm wide x 9.5 cm deep x 10 cm overall height.
Notes from the vendor "In 1938 on Kristellnacht (October 9th) when the Nazi’s raided homes and shops and burned down synagogues ……My grandparents maid had informed on them to her boyfriend who was in the SS. They raided their apartment, stealing and smashing things as they went, and the coach was thrown out of the window. My uncle, then aged 8, was devastated and after they’d left he ran down to the street to retrieve it. It was amazingly undamaged. Both my uncle and my mother who was 3 years older were sent on the kinder transport to UK. My mother was taken to a Dr. Barnados home before being re-united with her mother who arrived 9 months later.
But my uncle was adopted as that was the only way they could get him out of Germany to safety. He was brought up by a lovely family in Yorkshire but he was damaged by the whole experience as he was so young.
My grandparents also managed to escape. First my grandmother, who came via the Red Cross as a ‘domestic’ which was one of the only ways of getting in. Then my grandfather who was smuggled through Amsterdam with his brother in the boot of a commercial vehicle and caught a ship to England. On arrival they were both arrested as enemy aliens and interned in the Isle of Man until 1942."
£2,000 - £3,000
Buyer's premium: 27.50% +VAT
A Viennese ormolu and hard enamel horse-drawn coach form trinket box, Vienna, C1880S, the body of the carriage with enamel "Romantic" panels of lovers in landscapes with hinged cover, trunk and footbox with velvet-lined interiors and glazed with bevelled glass panels, 18 cm wide x 9.5 cm deep x 10 cm overall height.
Auction: Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 23rd Oct, 2025
To include a 5.27ct princess-cut diamond solitaire ring, an impressive 17.15ct diamond-set line bracelet, a Rolex Daytona Cosmograph APH Dial, a Van Cleef & Arpels 'Vintage Alhambra' necklace set with mother-of-pearl, a pair of Boodles diamond-set 'Waterfall' hoop earrings in platinum, a diamond and sapphire riviere necklace in 18ct white gold, a Tiffany & Co. diamond ribbon solitaire ring with a pair of custom-made platinum ring guards, and much more.
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