Princes Of Tour And Taxis, Solid Silver Frying Pan, Jc Klinkosch, Vienna Circa 1890

Lovely solid silver saucepan or pan with the arms of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis, made by the Klinkosch workshop in Vienna around 1880-1900. The saucepan is in perfect condition but has not yet been cleaned, which explains the stains that can be seen in the photos. The Princes of Thurn and Taxis, as they are called in German, are the inventors of the postal system in the fourteenth century and experienced their greatest success during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when their postal monopoly made them immensely rich. In German, they are called Briefadel. In French, we can say that their letters of nobility allowed them to become  the nobility of letters. Of Italian origin, they became princes of the Holy Roman Empire and today live in the largest castle still inhabited in Regensburg in Bavaria. The goldsmith who made this beautiful piece of silverware was Joseph Carl Klinkosch, supplier to the imperial court and so appreciated by Emperor Franz Joseph, that he elevated him to the rank of knight. Knight Joseph Carl von Klinkosch died in 1888. His daughter married a prince Alois von Liechtenstein. The saucepan weighs 280 grams