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  Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910

  BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century)  Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH

  “Winged Heart” Covered Box  c. 1910

  Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
  Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)

  For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $5,750

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  Reinhold Klaus / Carl Geyling Atelier Vienna “Cubist Man with top hat and flowers” stained glass window c. 1930

  REINHOLD KLAUS (1881-1963) Vienna, Austria

  CARL GEYLING ATELIER (founded 1841) Vienna, Austria

  Man with tophat and flowers   c. 1930

  Window of stained and hand-painted leaded glass

  Provenance: Estate of Carl Geyling (1814-1880), Vienna

  H: 17 3/4″ x W: 14 1/2″

  Reinhold Klaus studied from 1898-1902 with Alfred Roller at the Kaiserlich-Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. In 1914 Klaus married into the Carl Geyling family and became extensively involved with with stained glass painting. As early as 1918 Klaus worked on a stained glass window for the Siegestempel am Bisamberg in Vienna. In 1934 he became a professor of stained glass painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule, as well as creative director of the C. Geylings Erben glass painting company. Reinhold Klaus, a member of the Künstlerhaus since 1924 received many prizes and honors. He worked on commissions for the St. Veits cathedral in Prague, the St. Stephan cathedral in Vienna and many others.