Berliner Zinnfiguren/Flat Figures/Unpainted figures/Cultural History/Renaissance products

Escape of the Nuns 19,95 €

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

In an incomprehensible way, Luther's ideas on the
Reformation also reached the Cistercian convent of Marienthron in
Nimbschen near Grimma. Katharina von Bora and other nuns asked
Luther for help in leaving the convent. In the night before Easter in the
year 1523, Leonhard Koppe, councillor at Torgau and confidant of the
Court Prince, drove up with 2 younger relatives in Nimbschen with a
planned carriage and helped 9 nuns to escape, which led via Torgau to
Wittenberg. According to ecclesiastical and secular law,
kidnapping nuns was punishable by death.
In Wittenberg, Luther first had a collection
organised at the Electoral Court. Later the nuns married or were taken in by relatives.
Katharina von Bora married Martin Luther in 1525.
Drawings and engraving: Werner Otto

Dithmarsch citizens around 1540 32,95 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:50:14 +0200

The land of Dithmarschen was at that time a prosperous, independent peasant republic. The clothing was traditional, but richly decorated. The jumping sticks were used to cross the drainage ditches.
This series can be used, for example, to depict a peasant wedding. The groom demonstrates "ditch jumping" as a wedding ritual in front of the seated bride's father and bride (with bouquet of flowers). Peter Swyn, the leader of the peasants, attends the party together with his wife. Engraving: Lecke.

Series list for 297/48
No. 297-D9 (1x) Farmer. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D1 (1x) Peasant with battle axe. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D10 (1x) Peter Swyn, leader of the peasants. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants
No. 297-D2 (1x) Peasant with bright bard. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D11 (1x) Mrs. Swyn. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D3 (1x) Farmer. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D12 (1x) Peasant girl. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D4 (1x) Farmer with battle axe. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D13 (1x) Farmer's wife. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D5 (1x) Farmer with sword. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D14 (1x) Peasant girl. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D6 (1x) Farmer. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D15 (1x) Bride with crown. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D7 (1x) Farmer with a jumping stick. Traditional costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.
No. 297-D8 (1x) Farmhand. Costume of the Dithmarschen peasants 1540.

Trade in indulgences 12,95 €

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

This series aims to show how indulgence preachers stoked the fear of purgatory and, supported by Dominican monks, sold indulgences to the people. Hans Sachs put into the mouth of the most famous indulgence preacher, Johann Tetzel (1465-1519), the words "When the florin rings in the box, the soul leaps to heaven." With this he wanted to denounce the trade of the church with "the holy commodity".
Martin Luther, on the other hand, argued that God does not owe justice to any human being, but grants it by grace. He formulated the 95 Theses against indulgences in 1517.
Drawing and engraving: Werner Otto.

Two Scenes from Luther's Life 14,95 €

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

The Conversion
Already at the age of 22, Martin Luther was appointed Magister Artium at the University of Erfurt and decided to continue his studies at a higher, law school. However, he is said to have "always walked along sadly", citing tentatio tristitiae - the fear of his sins and the dread of the last judgement - as the reason.
When he was on his way back to Erfurt from a visit to his parents in Mansfeld in 1505, a heavy thunderstorm broke out over him near Stotterheim on 2 July and lightning struck close by, so that he was thrown to the ground by the air pressure. Overcome by abrupt terror, he vowed in agony: "Help me, S. Anna, I want to become a monk." On 17 July he entered the "Black Monastery", the monastery of the Augustinian Hermits, against his father's resistance. Since it has not been handed down whether Luther wandered alone or in company, we have added another figure to complete the little scene.

Thesis posting
Martin Luther posted his 95 theses against the Roman Catholic Church's sale of indulgences on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517.
At least, that is how the legend has it. The posting of the theses, which the Protestant Church still celebrates every year as the birth of the Reformation, may never have happened. What is certain, however, is that the theology professor at the local university sent his condemnation of the sale of indulgences in well-legislated Latin to the bishops in Mainz and Magdeburg as well as to friends and scholars at other universities.

Luther's wedding 15,95 €

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

On 13 June 1525, a Tuesday, as was customary for weddings, Martin Luther became engaged to Katharina von Bora.
According to the understanding of the 16th century, the marriage was already considered concluded with the engagement. Immediately afterwards, the town priest Bugenhagen performed the actual wedding ceremony. The whole ceremony took place in the Black Monastery, where Luther still lived.
The so-called "Wirtschaft", the big wedding dinner was an essential part of the celebrations. Luther invited friends such as Lucas Cranach and his parents to the inn.
The magistrate donated a ton of Einbeck beer, a messenger from the university brought a silver lidded jug and 50 guilders came from Mainz, from Archbishop Albrecht, as a wedding gift. But there was also criticism of Luther's marriage. Even his friend Melanchthon criticised the marriage and saw in it the downfall of the Reformation. He was not invited to the wedding.
The series was drawn and engraved by Werner Otto based on a painting by Konrad Weigand (1842 - 1897).

Lucas Cranach the Elder paints Martin Luther 7,95 €

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

The series was engraved after a 19th century painting. Next to Cranach at the easel and Luther with beret (corresponding to a portrait from 1529) is Melanchthon as "appraiser". Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 - 1553) became the creator of Protestant art through his friendship with Luther and Melanchthon. Posterity owes him, among other things, many portraits of Luther, which he created in the years 1520 - 1539.
Drawing and engraving: Werner Otto

Luther in family 12,95 €

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

The reformer Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) led a middle-class family life. With his wife Katharina, née von Bora, he had six children (one daughter died in early childhood). Luther was very attached to his children. They often sat together in the evening, played music, sang or even danced. The humanist Philipp Melanchthon (1497 - 1560) also enjoyed spending time with the Luther family. In the scene depicted, the children Hans (born 1526), Magdalena (born 1529), Martin (born 1531) and Paul (born 1533) are singing with fervour, while Luther's wife holds little Margaret (born 1535) on her lap.
The series is engraved after the painting by G.Spangenberg, ca.1870. Source: Wolfgang Landgraf, Martin Luther, Reformer and Rebel
Drawer and engraver: Werner Otto

Belvedere - Pope Julius the II. 94,95 €

Fri, 01 May 2026 07:25:12 +0200

Engraving by Franz Karl Mohr.
The Apollo Belvedere or Apollo of the Belvederealso called the Pythian Apollo is a celebrated marble sculpture from Classical Antiquity. It was rediscovered in central Italy in the late 15th century, during the Renaissance. From the mid-18th century it was considered the greatest ancient sculpture by ardent neoclassicists, and for centuries epitomized ideals of aesthetic perfection for Europeans and westernized parts of the world. It is now found in the Gabinetto delle Maschere of the Pio-Clementine Museum of the Vatican Museums complex.

Gilles and Momo. 18,80 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:15:47 +0200

Watteaus painting in the Louvre-museum in Paris shows a scene with european actors and their apes. Typical characters of the Comedie Francaises.

Falcon hunt around 1470 39,95 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:15:47 +0200

A distinguished society goes hunting, dogs track down the hunted game.

Travelling party around 1470 49,80 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:15:47 +0200

A travelling party sets out at the time of the Burgundians. A number of common people mingle with the distinguished company and start a quarrel.

Duerer paint Kaiser Maximilian 23,95 €

Wed, 20 May 2026 06:45:15 +0200

Engraving by Franz Karl Mohr.

The famous medicine, Dr. Paracelsus 16,80 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:50:14 +0200

A poor farmer and a rich citizen please Paracelsus to help them with his herbages. First half of the 16th. century.
Engraving by Franz Karl Mohr.

brigand at 1350 24,50 €

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:55:07 +0200

Engraving by Franz Karl Mohr.

Fashion through the ages: 16th century 49,45 €

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:05:08 +0200

10 pairs: 1500 to 1590.

Series list for 100/39/3
No. 100-15/6 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1560
No. 100-15/5 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1550
No. 100-15/7 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1570
No. 100-15/6 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1560
No. 100-15/8 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1580
No. 100-15/7 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1570
No. 100-15/0 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, c. 1500
No. 100-15/9 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, c. 1590
No. 100-15/8 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, c. 1580
No. 100-15/1 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, c. 1510
No. 100-15/0 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, c. 1500
No. 100-15/9 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1590
No. 100-15/2 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1520
No. 100-15/1 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1510
No. 100-15/3 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1530
No. 100-15/2 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1520
No. 100-15/4 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1540
No. 100-15/3 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1530
No. 100-15/5 M (1x) Fashion figure: man, around 1550
No. 100-15/4 W (1x) Fashion figure: woman, around 1540

Public women bathrooms 15OO 71,35 €

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:05:08 +0200

Engraving by Franz Karl Mohr.
Europe around 1500
Not everyone had their own home bathroom. In the Middle Ages, public baths were convivial places where people exchanged news, gossiped about neighbours, had a massage, had cupping or shaving - and bathed. Such work, but also minor surgical operations, fell under the responsibility of the "Bader-Zunft". These bath craftsmen heated the large stoves, kept the bathing rooms fairly clean, carried the water from the public wells and cleaned the bath. When everything was ready, it was shouted out loud in the streets. The public baths were all on one street. Almost every old German town still has a "Badergasse".
Our series shows the hustle and bustle in a medieval women's baths.
Belonging to the cultural history of the bath.

Series list for 100/37
No. 100-863 (1x) Bathtub with frond and cloth
No. 100-889 (1x) Wooden bench without backrest, with utensils
No. 100-880 (1x) Wooden bucket
No. 100-871 (1x) Bathers (3), one with cupping glasses
No. 100-862 (1x) Bather (3) on bench
Nos. 100-888 (1x) Bath attendant and bather
No. 100-879 (1x) Bucket
No. 100-870 (1x) Bather on the floor
No. 100-861 (1x) Bather, naked, squatting on the floor
No. 100-887 (1x) Washing bucket
No. 100-878 (1x) Wooden bucket
No. 100-869 (1x) Bather, naked, stretched out on sweat bench
No. 100-860 (1x) Bather, naked, on sweat bench
No. 100-886 (1x) Brass wash bowl
No. 100-877 (1x) Children (2), bathing
No. 100-868 (1x) Bath maid with wash bowl and bucket
No. 100-885 (1x) Foot tub, tipped over
No. 100-876 (1x) Bathing woman, flapping with frond
No. 100-867 (1x) Bathers as cuppers
No. 100-884 (1x) Children's wooden bathtub, tipped over
No. 100-875 (1x) Bath maid, pouring water from a jug
No. 100-866 (1x) Bathers (2) grooming their hair
No. 100-883 (1x) Foot tub
No. 100-874 (1x) Bath attendant, cleaning bench, bent over
No. 100-865 (1x) Bath attendant, pouring water from tub
No. 100-882 (1x) Bath stove with copper lye kettle
No. 100-873 (1x) Drinking jug, drinking cup made of pewter
No. 100-864 (1x) Bath maid with scrubbing brush
No. 100-890 (5x) Wooden bench without backrest
No. 100-881 (1x) Scrubbing brush
No. 100-872 (1x) Kettle, copper

Execution by sword - Landsknechts- 27,05 €

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:06:04 +0200

Special figures only. For a complete scene, it is nessecary to add figures from other series.

Series list for 100/25/223
No. 100-849 b (1x) Stick master with sack
No. 100-850 b (1x) Stickman, shoveling sand
No. 100-851 b (1x) Executioner with sword, lunging
No. 100-852 b (1x) Ladder cart, harnessed with old horse
No. 100-853 b (1x) Waggoner with shovel and reins
No. 100-847 b (1x) Priest
No. 100-848 b (1x) Convict