106th Auction

2022/5/21

Lot 22

A. Lange & Söhne

Glashuette hunting case pocket watch

Sold

estimated
1.9002.500 €
Price realized
2.200 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, engraved monogram, engine-turned, case design "Jürgens", gold dome with presentation engraving: "Zum Andenken an deinen Vater George Stelling, Weihnachten 1879" (In memory of your father George Stelling, Christmas 1879).
Dial
Enamel.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.13087
Diam.48 mm
Circa1879
Ctry.Germany
Wt.92 g


George Stelling was a flax spinning mill owner and in 1868 he founded a wool laundry in Döhren an der Leine for washing wool. In 1872, a joint stock company took over his business.