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Josias Murer

Josias Murer

In 1588 the glass painter Josias Murer joined the Zurich Safranzunft, and in 1614 he became a bailiff in the Kappelerhof in Zurich. Between 1591 and 1614 he completed numerous commissions, including stained glass for the Zurich Council, the Fraumünsteramt, the municipal building authority, the Zunft zur Meise and the Gesellschaft zur Konstaffel in Zurich.

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Hans Georg I. (zum Otter) Ott (1667–1745), 1707 / 1734 Biography

Hans Georg I. Ott «zum Otter»

In 1689, Hans Georg I. Ott, who called himself "zum Otter" to distinguish him from a namesake, became a master goldsmith. Although this was actually not permitted he sometimes employed three or even four journeymen in his workshop and must have been very successful. One of his journeymen was Thomas Pröll.

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Sugar box

Metal, Silver, Dimensions: 5.2 x 11.9 x 8.7 cm

Provenance

  • 1976 – heute: Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung, Schaffhausen
  • unbekannt – 1976: Kunsthandel Payer, Zürich

Guardein

Hans Caspar II. Ott (1666–1734)

Exhibitions

  • 21.11.1997 – 30.11.1997: Schaffhauser Goldschmiedekunst, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen
  • 20.10.1985: Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen

Literature

  • Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft (Hg.): Meisterwerke und Kleinode. Sammlung der Peyerschen Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung, Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2010 (Kataloge Schweizer Museen und Sammlungen 20), S. 133. 
  • Ulmer, Carl / Abegglen, Walter R. C.: Schaffhauser Goldschmiedekunst, Schaffhausen: Sturzenegger-Stiftung, 1997. (Katalog zur Ausstellung des Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, 21.11. – 30.11.1997), S. 90, Nr. 109.
  • Lang, Paul / Rapp-Buri, Anna / Jezler, Peter: Die Peyersche Tobias Stimmer-Stiftung im Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen: Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, 1985 (Kataloge Schweizer Museen und Sammlungen 10), S. 48, Nr. 38.
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