Lot Essay
August von Mackensen (1849-1945), is considered one of the best field commanders of the German army during the First World War.
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CIRCA 1918, MARKED HUTSCHENREUTHER HOHENBERG BAVARIA AND WITH PSEUDO-BINDENSCHILD
Details
(2) A Hohenberg porcelain gilt portrait dish in the Vienna style
Circa 1918, marked Hutschenreuther Hohenberg Bavaria and with pseudo-Bindenschild
In the oil-painting-style, depicting the half-length portrait of General August von Mackensen with elaborate grey moustache, the shaped dark blue-ground border painted in slight relief with gilt decoration enclosing four cartouches with coat-of-arms and two with the Iron Cross or Eiserne Kreuz, inscribed 1914, the reverse inscribed v. Mackonzen b.82, within a box
24.5 cm. diam. (2)
Circa 1918, marked Hutschenreuther Hohenberg Bavaria and with pseudo-Bindenschild
In the oil-painting-style, depicting the half-length portrait of General August von Mackensen with elaborate grey moustache, the shaped dark blue-ground border painted in slight relief with gilt decoration enclosing four cartouches with coat-of-arms and two with the Iron Cross or Eiserne Kreuz, inscribed 1914, the reverse inscribed v. Mackonzen b.82, within a box
24.5 cm. diam. (2)
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