Lot Essay
Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig Holstein married Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1888, the year of his ascent to the Prussian throne.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A German bronze bust of a lady, probably the Empress Augusta of Prussia
CAST FROM A MODEL BY EUGENE BORMEL, CIRCA 1891
Details
A German bronze bust of a lady, probably the Empress Augusta of Prussia
Cast from a model by Eugene Bormel, Circa 1891
Wearing oak-leaves in her hair and in ceremonial dress, with a fur stole about her shoulders, on a shaped socle with scrolled front corners, inscribed to the truncation E. Börmel/Berlin/1891, mid-brown patina
34¾ in. (88 cm.) high
Cast from a model by Eugene Bormel, Circa 1891
Wearing oak-leaves in her hair and in ceremonial dress, with a fur stole about her shoulders, on a shaped socle with scrolled front corners, inscribed to the truncation E. Börmel/Berlin/1891, mid-brown patina
34¾ in. (88 cm.) high