107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 116
A. Lange & Söhne
A very fine Glashuette splendour hunting case pocket watch with case decoration after Prof. Carl Ludwig Graff; manufactured in quality 1A and sold to M. Aschheim, Berlin for 661,50 marks on December 19, 1889 - with Lange extract from the archives and gold watch chain
Sold
estimated
9.000—12.000 €
Price realized
13.800 €
specific features
Case
18 K rose gold, lavishly engraved with Renaissance style ornaments, according to a layout by Prof. Graff.
Dial
Silver, lavishly engraved, floral gold ornaments.
Movement
3/4 plate movement, club-tooth lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Case no.17961
Cal.41
Diam.51 mm
Circa1883
Ctry.Germany
Wt.114 g
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. 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.