dinsdag

The Delta 98 Den Haag collection: eclectic or a mish mash ?

we were not the only ones who liked these items, 
representing our mixed taste and interest,

Dutch art nouveau doorknobs

art nouveau & art deco bookbindings

art deco glass sculpture designed in 1928 by Lion Cachet 

 a Jugendstil pewter Brittania plate 

framed art calender pages by Theo Hoytema

a wax seal stamp with the coat of arms of the 
family Von Ranzow 
was bought by descendants in the USA

donderdag

wishing to have it back...a bronze by Carl Muschard

a bronze statue of Mephisto 
as a jester with two monkeys on his shoulders
by Carl Muschard


 Many years ago we were standholders at the collectables fair, 
Verzamelaarsjaarbeurs in Utrecht.

My husband was walking around, searching for items to buy.
He came back and said:
"I saw a bronze statue, come and have a look"
On the way there he told me the price of the dealer and that was high.
"Overthere", he said, "in the middle of that stand"
We were at least 15 meters from the stand, 
but I saw enough.
I got mad and turnend around while saying, probably with an angry face:
"Of course you should buy that"
and I walked back to our stand.

The dealer might have seen my angry face 
and offered the statue for a much lower price to my husband


It became ours.
And I loved it so very much.

It was a jester in a triumphant pose,
with on each shoulder a monkey, 
they were holding his crown in place with one hand,
with the other they held their own head in despair



Less then two weeks later we had it with us on the
The Hague Art Deco Fair
and sold it.....horrible.

I would love to have it back.
To keep. For ever.