101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 179
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 31248, Case No. 31248, 55 mm, 132 g, circa 1892
A magnificent Glashuette hunting case pocket watch with case decoration by Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff sold on 1892/05/31 to Dürrstein & Co in Dresden for 437 Marks - manufactured in quality 1A - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k pink gold, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Prof. Karl Ludwig Theodor Graff, who was appointed director of the Institute of Applied Arts in Dresden (Dresdner Kunstgewerbeschule) in 1875, to create designs in this vein. From the 1880s onwards, more and more ostentatious decorations were created at Lange & Soehne company, where the medallion showed the image of the ancient Roman goddess Minerva, who had been worshipped as goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom. Professor Graff then copyrighted his design which had won first prize in the Institute of Applied Arts' 1890 competition for the design and decoration of pocket watch cases.
A magnificent Glashuette hunting case pocket watch with case decoration by Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff sold on 1892/05/31 to Dürrstein & Co in Dresden for 437 Marks - manufactured in quality 1A - with Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k pink gold, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Prof. Karl Ludwig Theodor Graff, who was appointed director of the Institute of Applied Arts in Dresden (Dresdner Kunstgewerbeschule) in 1875, to create designs in this vein. From the 1880s onwards, more and more ostentatious decorations were created at Lange & Soehne company, where the medallion showed the image of the ancient Roman goddess Minerva, who had been worshipped as goddess of crafts, poetry and wisdom. Professor Graff then copyrighted his design which had won first prize in the Institute of Applied Arts' 1890 competition for the design and decoration of pocket watch cases.
estimated
20.000—25.000 €
Price realized
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