120 Wilhelm Richard Wagner
(1813-1883), a pair of Medals, Silver and Bronze, 1913, by Rudolf Bosselt, head left,
rev
Jakobs Kampf and the Angel, 65mm (Ni 2145); Bronze Medal, by E Torff, rev music score, 60mm (Ni 2247);
other bronze medals (7, one silvered), by Lauer and others. Mostly extremely fine. (10)
£80-120
121 Julius Stern
(1820-1883), 75
th
anniversary of the Sternschen Konservatorium, Berlin, Bronze Plaquettes
(2), 1925, by R Bauroth, busts of the four principals, in high relief, 79mm x 58mm (Ni 1932), extremely fine;
Max Reger
[Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger] (1875-1916), composer, organist and pianist, Bronze
Memorial Medal, 1916, by Felix Pfeifer, head right, rev modern Herculean figure with rock, 60mm (Ni 1663);
Bronze Plaquettes (2), by Karl Dautert, Hugo Becker (1864-1941), cellist, bust left, 90mm x 65mm (Ni 109);
Ludwig Rottenberg
(1864-1932), pianist and conductor, Bronze Plaquette, bust right, 95mm x 72mm (Ni
1723), these extremely fine; Harry Son (1880-?1940), cellist (with the Budapest String Quarter, Pewter Plaquette,
88mm x 61mm (Ni 1915), surface corrosion, fine. (5)
£80-100
The other portraits on the first two are Jenny Meyer (1834-1894); Gustav Hollander (1855-1915); Alexander von Fielitz (1860-1930); Son
and his wife are believed to have perished under the Nazi regime.
122 Bernhard Cossmann
(1822-1910), cellist, a pair of small square Bronze Memorial Plaquettes, by Carl Dautert,
bearded bust right, in circular medallion, sunk into squared border, 66mm x 66mm (Ni 522); Carl Heinrich
Carsten Reinecke
(1824-1910), composer, conductor and pianist, uniface Bronze Medal, 1900, by Paul Sturm,
bust right, young female muses to either side, line of music in exergue, 132mm (Ni 1673) As made, good very
fine
. (3)
£80-120
123 124
123 Hans Guido Freiherr von Bülow
(1830-1894), conductor, pianist and composer, residency in Hamburg, 1886-
1893, and death, a pair of Medals, 1894, Silver and Bronze, by Anton Scharff, bust left, rev legend in and
around oak and olive branches, 58mm (Ni 447), extremely fine, the silver toned; “Dem Apostel Beethoven’s /
Hans von Bvelow, Silvered-bronze, three angels play music, 87mm (Ni 448), very fine. (3)
£70-90
One of the more famous conductors of the 19
th
century who championed Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Wagner.
124 Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897), composer, 60
th
Birthday celebrations, Medals (3), 1893, Silver and Bronze (2),
by Anton Scharff, bearded bust right, rev legend in and around oak and olive branches, 58mm (Ni 405); Death,
1897, Silver, by Anton Scharff, similar obverse, rev legend (Ni 407); Silver and Bronze Medals undated, by
Rudolf Mayer, bust three-quarters right, differing reverse, 60mm (Ni 401); Bronze Medal, undated, by E Torff,
bearded bust left, rev wreath, 60mm (Ni 412); small uniface Bronze Plaquete, by Mayer and Wilhelm, bust in
roundel, 51mm x 39mm (Ni 402). Extremely fine or nearly so. (8)
£80-120
In the 1860s Brahms settled in Vienna.
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125 Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897), uniface grey base metal circular Plaquette, bearded bust right, his name a line
of his music to right, 175mm (Ni 410), a sensitive portrait, very fine; oval base metal portrait, unsigned, bust
left, 117mm x 86mm, suspension loop, very fine. (2)
£60-80
The first seemingly a working galvano (or similar) for Stiasny’s smaller struck medal.
126 Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897), uniface circular Bronze Plaquettes (2), both bearded bust left, by Felix Pfeifer,
122mm (Ni 403); and unsigned, 150mm (Ni 417); another, by Friedrich Kounitzky, full-face, 85mm (Ni 394);
Rectangular Bronze Plaquette, by F Stiasny, bust right, in high relief, 66mm x 57mm (Ni 411). All handsome
pieces, very fine
. (4)
£100-150
127 Johannes Brahms
(1833-1897), Pair of Medals, Silver and Bronze, by Karl Goetz, bust three-quarters right, rev
entwined trees and shields of arms, 36mm (Ni 391; Kienast 487); uniface Bronze Memorial Medal, 1893, by F
Stiasny, bust right, 90mm (Ni 409). Extremely fine. (2)
£50-80
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128 Eugen Gustav Gottfried Hildach
(1849-1924), baritone, uniface rectangular Bronze Portrait Plaquette,
unsigned and undated, bust right, name below, 172mm x 137mm (Ni 918); Carl Adolph Schuricht (1880-
1967), conductor, uniface rectangular Bronze Plaquette, by Karl Dauter, c.1930s, bare head right, 135mm x
110mm (Ni 1874). Good very fine. (2)
£40-60
The style of the lettering of the first suggests a memorial plaquette, a strong, sculptural piece with an excellent likeness in old age.
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