THE ART DEALER HELGA
MATZKE…

… offers art objects made of silver, originating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Since 1988, we are established in Grünwald, near Munich, and since 1998 we have participated in the art fair TEFAF in Maastricht.

Fred Matzke,Chantal Smith and Pascal Matzke are managing partners

REFERENCES

Palace Moritzburg

Palace Moritzburg

Moritzburg

Bavarian Nationalmuseum

Bavarian Nationalmuseum

Munich

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Nuremberg

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NEW ARRIVALS

IMPORTANT, FIRST CLASS NUREMBERG BEAKER/RÖMER, SILVER-GILT

Wonderful, smooth Bordeaux wine tasting bowl from the late 17th century with a navel, silver

A PAIR OF ELEGANT DANZIG BAROQUE BEAKER WITH LABORATORY ENGRAVING OF THE BRÅKENHIELM FAMILY, SILVER, PARTLY GILT

NEWS

The Time has Finally come…Helga Matzke presents

The due to Corona delayed opening of our exhibition at the Unesco cultural heritage Cracow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka was finally officially opened on Saturday, September 11th, 2022.

online viewing

Naturally the direct personal customer contact, on which we pride ourselves, was severely handicapped these last 18 months. Nonetheless, the publics whole-hearted involvement in a diverse array of e-medias was staggering. We are satisfied with the results this has had for our business, given the circumstance, and are thoroughly optimistic for the future. Following this we would like to invite you to visit our newly designed webpage. With a simple click it is now possible to arrange a personal video viewing/ appointment with us. Within which we would be more than happy to present and explain pieces, or a group of pieces, from our collection that are of interest to you. We understand that purchasing art is based on trust, the video conversation is a first-class opportunity to get to know, each other, our business and the pieces personally. Our offering of a video presentation enables the customer to obtain a well-rounded impression of a piece, especially from the eye of an experienced collector. Were you to be interested, we would be happy to present the object(s) of interest to you during a visit, or send it for approval.

COLLECTOR’S ITEMS

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IMPORTANT, FIRST CLASS NUREMBERG BEAKER/RÖMER, SILVER-GILT

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Forged Parisian spoon from the early 17th century, silver

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Wonderful, smooth Bordeaux wine tasting bowl from the late 17th century with a navel, silver

Under “Collector’s items” you find particularly rare objects: exceptional drinking vessels, unique salt cellars, spoons and other objects dating back from the Renaissance. Many of the objects in this section were in the past part of high-quality collections and cabinet of curiosities (Kunstkammer/Wunderkammer).

Beakers & Cups: a beaker is a drinking vessel, most commonly with a cylindrical body, with or without a foot and a handle. Furthermore, you can find here quite specific beaker types, like for instance the Roemer or the tumbler. Beakers made of precious metals were mostly used for the royal and social representation of nobles, while they were often presented as gifts.

A cup is a drinking vessel with a bulbous body, a high shaft and a foot. The cup is the antipode of the chalice, is mostly made of silver – very often gilt – and was used for drinking wine. A cup can be very richly decorated or have a naturalistic form (e.g. hanap (pineapple cup) or grape cup).

Tankard: the tankard is a cylindrical vessel with a handle, a thumb rest and quite often a hinged lid, which stems from the Renaissance and is considered to be a typical German object. The bourgeoisie used tankards for the consumption of beer. It also found a considerable place as an object of splendour in princely art collections and cabinet of curiosities. Tankards were further offered as marriage gift.

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TABLEWARE

Under “Tableware” you can find precious silverware, cutlery, candlesticks and other decorative elements made of silver, all of them important objects for the European table culture. Many of our objects found in this category were initially used for the representation of royals and aristocrats.

Tureens: a tureen is a large bowl with a lid, very often with a platter, used to serve soups or other liquid food. The vessel had also a removable insert and was accompanied by ladles and large serving forks. The origin of the vessel remains unclear; its placing on a richly serviced table was in any case very important.

Platter & Credences: a platter is a large round or oval dish. Platters were used for serving meals and had sometimes also a simple but representative character.

A credence or also a présentoir is a tablet with feet and belonged mostly to sets. The ceremonial life-style imposed the keeping of a distance between the gentleman and the servant already before the eighteenth century. This is why the credence was used as an “intermediary” object between the two. Moreover credences were seen on the table during the ceremonial diner. Besides women often used these objects for their daily toilet and morning beauty care.

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silver dish and cover, cloche, Dresden royal

Courtly & Noble Silver, Favourite Courtly & Noble Silver CN, Favourite Large Vessels CN, Favourite Tableware TW, Large Vessels CN, Other Objects CN, Other Objects TW, Tableware

Royal German Round Silver Large Dish and Cover (Cloche)

George III Silver tureens, Chambers

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A Fine Pair of George III Silver Tureens Made by or in the Art of Sir William Chambers

antik Silber Leuchter, Wien

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A Set of Twelve Silver Charming Charles VI Candlesticks from Vienna

COURTLY AND NOBLE SILVER

königliches Silber, Hannover

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Two Pairs of Royal German Silver Sauceboats from the Hanover Service of George III with their Serving Ladle

silver tureen with cover, gilt inside

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A Very Fine German Silver Soup Tureen and Cover

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A Pair of Important German Silver Wine-Coolers from the Kharkov Service

Under “Courtly Silver” you can find objects coming from royal and princely silver collections. Until the twentieth century Silver collections were stored in castle vaults. The rooms of the silver collection were used for the conservation and storage of the table services. These rooms were thus mostly on the ground floor or sometimes in the basement; in any case, as close as possible to the kitchen, cellar and bakery.

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