Ludwig Politzer
( 1841 - 1907 )
Ludwig Politzer was one of the most important silversmiths and jewellers working in Vienna in the second half of the 19th century. He was born in 1841 in Szeged (Hungary); from 1866 he was in partnership with Hermann Böhm until about 1870. Ludwig Politzer ‘s works were exhibited at international exhibitions in Paris in 1878 and 1900 and were enthusiastically received by the public. Success brought him the title of court jeweller of the Imperial Court. Politzer specialized in enamelled silverware, naves (silver models of ships used as table decorations) in the Renaissance style. A fashion now often referred to as historicism.
Ludwig Politzer