101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 178
A. Lange & Söhne Glashütte B/Dresden, Movement No. 13140, Case No. 13140 / 19945, 51 mm, 115 g, circa 1879
A decorative Glashuette pocket watch - magnificent case decoration according Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff - with original box and certificate and Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silver, lavishly engraved, floral gold ornaments. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Prof. Carl 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 decorative Glashuette pocket watch - magnificent case decoration according Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff - with original box and certificate and Lange extract from the archives
Case: 18k gold. Dial: silver, lavishly engraved, floral gold ornaments. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Prof. Carl 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
19.000—25.000 €
Price realized
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