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AN ONYX CAMEO OF CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK OF PRUSSIA, AFTERWARDS KAISER FREDERICK III BY ZOELLMER
The informal portrait showing Frederick III in near profile to the left, in rectangular chased flower and foliage gold frame with hinged surmount and pendant loop
Signed on truncation by L. Zoellner, circa 1870, 5.4cm. overall height
Described as liberal and sensitive, Kaiser Frederick III (Fritz) was born in 1831, married (1858) Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and died in June 1888, having only succeeded as Kaiser in March of that year
L. Zoellner is mentioned in Forrer's Biographical Dictionary of Medallists as a contemporary sculptor whose signature appears on a cast portrait plaquette of Richard Wagner 1891
$1,600-2,300
The informal portrait showing Frederick III in near profile to the left, in rectangular chased flower and foliage gold frame with hinged surmount and pendant loop
Signed on truncation by L. Zoellner, circa 1870, 5.4cm. overall height
Described as liberal and sensitive, Kaiser Frederick III (Fritz) was born in 1831, married (1858) Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and died in June 1888, having only succeeded as Kaiser in March of that year
L. Zoellner is mentioned in Forrer's Biographical Dictionary of Medallists as a contemporary sculptor whose signature appears on a cast portrait plaquette of Richard Wagner 1891
$1,600-2,300