As if Auktionshuset Kolonn has itself become a wunderkammer. As if time has been turned back to the days when—speaking Latin—one was entertained by and marvelled at naturalia, artificialia, exotica, scientifica, and mirabilia. That is very much the feeling when browsing the offerings in the theme Small Treasures.
The auction house’s specialists have gathered wondrous objects of high quality, creating a distillation—a mosaic—of the auction world’s finest delights. The most delicate of them all may be David Andersen’s saffron-yellow enamel brooch. The most unnecessary, perhaps, is Henry Matthews’s silver cigar holder from 1902. And then there is the perfume bottle in a gilt case from the 19th century. If that does not evoke a fresh breeze from the most flamboyant milieus of its time, then nothing will.
Give the catalogue a few extra minutes and allow yourself to be captivated by refined craftsmanship on a small scale—by Small Treasures.
