Franz Zelezny (1866 - 1932) - a carved ceiling light of a storm trooper., A so-called "Lüstermandl" in the shape of an Austrian storm trooper of the First World War, throwing a hand granade, the torso blending into mountain goat's horns. Hardwood, length ca. 55 cm, attached to an iron chain with a star rosette. Signed on the back "F. Zelezny". Franz Zelezny was briefly the director of the Villach Technical School of Woodwork and created secular and clerical monuments for the Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, the Rosary Church in Hetzendorf, and other churche,

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