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Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great (monument) 22,95 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:23 +0200

The monumental equestrian statue of Frederick the Great, also called the "Old Fritz" for short by Berliners, commemorates King Frederick II of Prussia. the monument stands in the historic centre of Berlin at the end of the Lindenforum on the central reservation of the Unter den Linden boulevard. Christian Daniel Rauch's major work is one of the most important sculptures of the 19th century and marks the transition to realistic representation in sculpture. -Wikipedia-
Single-sided engraving, height: approx. 11 cm, width: approx. 7 cm

The Brandenburg Gate 36,95 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:23 +0200

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin stands on Pariser Platz in Dorotheenstadt in the Mitte district. It was built between 1788 and 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhans on the orders of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II and is a well-known landmark and national symbol with which many important events in the history of Berlin, Germany, Europe and the world of the 20th century are associated. The building is of the Early Classicist style. -Wikipedia-
Single-sided engraving, height: 12.5 cm, width: 16 cm

Brandenburg Gate 22,85 €

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:05:08 +0200

Probably Berlin's most famous building was inaugurated on 6 August 1791.
Ingraving and painting on one side, for the background. Height 8.4 cm, width 10 cm.
Berlin original.

The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after the temporary restoration of order during the Batavian Revolution. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was built (1791) on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel, which used to be the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Berlin rubble woman 39,80 €

Sun, 31 May 2026 07:15:07 +0200

About 1946, 7,5 cm.
The women who helped to clear many German and Austrian cities of the rubble of bombed-out buildings after the Second World War are known as Trümmerfrauen. A reminder of the women of the first hour. Painted.
Not only a Berlin original.

Street vendors around 1900 16,80 €

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:09 +0200

Selling children's toys. In addition to the well-known people unmistakably associated with Berlin and its inhabitants, these include above all the small traders among the city's well-known originals. Height 7.5 cm.
Berlin original.

Der Wurstmaxe -Berliner Original- 39,80 €

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:25:12 +0200

Sausage seller on the streets around 1900.
Berlin originals and types are individuals as well as entire professional groups who stand out in a popular way with their "Berliners' own" pronounced self-confidence, their quick-witted urban wit as well as their brashness and rudeness. -Wikipedia- Around 1900, 7.5 cm.

Heinrich Zille, Berlin 1910 39,80 €

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:25:06 +0200

Heinrich Rudolf Zille (1858 - 1929) was a German graphic artist, painter and photographer. In his art, Zille, known as "Pinselheinrich", favoured themes from Berlin folk life, which he depicted in a manner that was as much local patriotic as socially critical. Height 7.5 cm.
Berlin original.

Rudolf Heinrich Zille (10 January 1858 9 August 1929) was a German illustrator, caricaturist, lithographer and photographer.
Zille became best known for his (often funny) drawings, catching the characteristics of people, especially "stereotypes", mainly from Berlin and many of them published in the German weekly satirical newspaper Simplicissimus.

Dancing couple around 1905 - "In Rixdorf there is music..." 47,80 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

Also Rixdorfer Tanzpaar, den Schiebermaxe tanzend, c. 1905, height 7.5 cm.
Berlin original.

Berlin Milk Boy (Bolle) 36,50 €

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:35:05 +0200

A milkboy (milkman) is a delivery person who delivers milk, often directly to customers' houses.

From about 1881, horse-drawn carriages were introduced, each with a boy as coachman (popularly called Bolle because of the inscription on the carriage) and a milkmaid (Bolle-Mädchen), who delivered the milk and carried the cash in a leather bag tied around her. Both were uniformed. Bolle and Bolle-girl were considered a popular part of the townscape, spreading news and cheeky sayings. - Wikipedia -

Officer of the Garde du Corps 38,50 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

In gala waistcoat, c. 1912. The regiment of the Gardes du Corps (French for Life Guards) was a cuirassier regiment in the Guard Cavalry of the Prussian Army. Height 7,5 cm

Berliner Siegessäule 29,50 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:30:11 +0200

The reason for the construction (1864-1873) of the Victory Column was Prussia's victory in the German-Danish War of 1864. Within a few years, two further victorious wars followed, the German War of 1866 against Austria and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871. These three victories were commemorated by its original three segments and the crowning bronze sculpture of Victoria. Height 13 cm.
Berlin original.

Berlin shoemaker boy 36,50 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

Original from Berlin, c. 1835, 5.5 cm, painted.
The saying "cheeky as a cobbler's boy" may also apply to this lad, especially as he had contact mainly with the domestic servants.

harp player, Berliner original 39,80 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

Luise Nordmann (née Schulz). Born 06 September 1829 - died 12 January 1911. The Old Berlin original aka "Harfenjule" on the blue post box, around 1900, painted.
The Harfenjule is considered a Berlin original. In imperial Berlin she became known as a street musician and through newspaper reports beyond the city.
"Ick bin die Harfenjule mit jroßem Pompadur,
in janz Berlin und Rixdorf spiel ick die Harfe nur!"
Berliner Original.

Berliner Eckensteher (Nante) 36,50 €

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:25:06 +0200

Berlin servant or errand boy. Berlin original, c. 1835, 7.5 cm, painted.

The corner man Nante, actually Ferdinand Strumpf (* 1803; ?), was a Berlin servant with the police concession number 22 (noted on a brass number plate worn around the arm). Nante was located on the corner of Königstraße and Neue Friedrichstraße - not far from the Eulner distillery, where he used to stop. Waiting on the street corner for odd jobs, he commented on what was happening around him with a joke that made him a Berlin original. - Wikipedia -

A barrel organ player 42,80 €

Thu, 14 May 2026 06:25:06 +0200

Berlin original c. 1900, height 7.5 cm.

In Willi Kollo's song Lieber Leierkastenmann, the story goes of the supposedly blind girl who accompanies the Leierkastenmann and has no trouble picking up the coin thrown to him in the backyard:
"Dear organ grinder,
start all over again,
from the beautiful Athens on the Spree,
where sojar de Blinden sehn. "

A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated. The basic principle is the same as a traditional pipe organ, but rather than being played by an organist, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning a crank, or by clockwork driven by weights or springs.

News-vendor, painted 29,95 €

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:09 +0200

A typical newspaper vendor, as was probably to be found in almost every German town. 80 mm large figure.

Newsboy with client, painted 39,95 €

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:09 +0200

Paperboy with gentleman as buyer. (group).
The group can of course be used for any other major city of the time.

Copper Engraving dealer around 1750, painted 27,50 €

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:09 +0200

The engravings were not only offered in so-called "art cabinets". In many cities, these "mobile" copper engraving dealers were part of the cityscape. 80 mm figure.

Pair of roller skates around 1900 47,80 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

Height 7.5 cm
Berlin original.

Large gas lantern 22,85 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:10:07 +0200

Gas lanterns of this type stood and still stand in many large German cities. Around 1900. Height 15 cm.