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when discussing a vase, I looked into one of my books if it wasn't a Laeuger one. and then something stopped me in the midst of going through the pages.


soooo, a walk downstairs to the vaults.



I had them for a while and didn't know by whom they were.
the pair were listed as Arthur Rubinstein from Austria. another possibility would have been Albert Reimann. the round one was listed a bit later on its own without a guess.
but somehow both didn't fit properly stylewise. so rather low price, hopp taken.
it now shows that they are from a guy that worked as plumber and started to make arts and crafts stuff around 1900 to 1910 in Basel. his name Albert Riggenbach, therefore AR.

 

WHOA!!!! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!!!!! Lucky find!!!!

 

Nice!

 

It's funny that we can spend hours searching for information the internet and a book rests quietly in plain sight.

I have stopped gathering books for lack of use. This goes to show that all sources of information should not be ignored.

I'm happy that your interest in my post led to your own discovery.

James.

 

PS: Those tankards look like Medieval Knights. Beautiful.

 

Don't ya love it when this happens? Congrats Fid!!!

 

Wonderful find in your own vaults!

 

thank you all. keepers, too local although it's a good book as a reference they wouldn't bring much. and the problem today is that there were practically all auction houses transferred to Zurich. the rest is Geneva.
Basel World and Art Basel are on the brink of extinction as well; most probably only Miami and Shanghai surviving.

 

Congrats on the good luck, plus want to add that they are gorgeous!

 

They are stunning.

 

The internet just provides cursory information in most cases. Books on the other hand .....

 

and I'm rather old-fashioned in some ways. I like looking at pictures, too lazy to read on the PC screen all the time.