Mattenheimer, Andreas Theodor - A pair of portrait pendants of a married couple

(Bamberg 1787-1856 Munich) The man is depicted in a knee-length portrait standing next to a small work table, holding an official letter from the Gleusdorf tax office; the lady is seated at a small table with a basket of flowers, knitting; both are shown within an oval frame. Oil on canvas, inscribed and dated on the reverse: 'Mattenheimer pinxit / 1809'. 49 x 41 cm. - Cracking, minimal loss of paint. - A similarly composed portrait of a gentleman from 1805 is held in the Bamberg Historical Museum (Inv. No. 1030). 

Bayerlein, Fritz - Large Floral Still Life

(Bamberg 1872-1955, ibid.) A luxuriantly blooming bouquet in a ceramic vase. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 80 x 100 cm. - Lit. Thieme/Becker 3, Vollmer 1. 

Stock clock - Leopold Hoys, Bamberg around 1765

Ebonized wooden case with fire-gilded bronze applications, vases as crown, 36-hour movement, quarter-hour striking mechanism on bell, alarm clock setting disk, striking mechanism stop. 51 x 25 x 16 cm. - From a Franconian private collection.