A cast iron bust of mining inspector Abraham Gottlob Werner - image-1

Lot 212 Dα

A cast iron bust of mining inspector Abraham Gottlob Werner

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 1.100 € - 1.200 €
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A cast iron bust of mining inspector Abraham Gottlob Werner

Black patinated cast iron, slightly mottled on the reverse. Cast in two parts and screw-mounted. Depicted in uniform wearing the knight's cross of the Saxon order of merit and loyalty. H 22.7 cm.
Attributed to Gleiwitz/ Gliwice, around 1820, the model attributed to Johann Carl Friedrich Riese

Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749 - 1817) was an important German mineralogist, active at the Mining Academy in Freiberg. He was awarded the Saxon Order of Merit in 1816, one year before his death.

Literature

Cf. cat. Die Königliche Eisen-Giesserei zu Berlin 1804 - 1874, Berlin 2004, no. 93.
A further bust of Werner sold by Lempertz Berlin, auction 1105 on 21st April 2018, lot 201.