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Lot 697 Dα

A Klagenfurt Régence silver ecuelle

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
19.05.2023, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Faience
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €

A Klagenfurt Régence silver ecuelle

Faceted tapering vessel with gilt interior and cartouche handles engraved with strapwork. H 4.5; W 21; D 12.3 cm, weight 202 g.
Marks of Franz Gabriel Lang, 1725.

Franz Gabriel Lang appears in the historical sources as a
silversmith, but is also mentioned as a town judge in 1746 and 1749, and even as mayor in 1750.

Literature

For this maker cf. Eduard Skudnigg, Die Bürgermeister von
Klagenfurt, in: Klagenfurt. Stadtnachrichten und Amtsblatt, issue 16, no. 5, May 1966, p. 131. On the attribution of the maker's mark, cf. Robert Wlattnik, Abteilung für Kunstgeschichte, in: Rudolfinum, Jahrbuch des Landesmuseums für Kärnten, volume 2007, Klagenfurt 2009, p. 245.