CIRCA 1888, MARK OF PAUL UBBEN

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A GERMAN SILVER STATUETTE OF EMPEROR FREDERICK III OF GERMANY
CIRCA 1888, MARK OF PAUL UBBEN
On stepped rectangular column, the figure wearing robes of state and holding a baton in his right hand, the base with an inscription within an applied scroll mounted cartouche, stamped Paul Ubben on the reverse
10 in. (26 cm.) high
The inscription reads 'Friederich III Deutscherkaiser Koenig Von Preussen'

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拍品專文

Frederick III (1831-1888) German Emperor and King of Prussia was the eldest son of Emperor William I of Germany. In 1858 he married Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The couple had eight children. A heavy smoker, Frederick developed incurable cancer of the larynx. When his father died in 1888 at the age of ninety-one, Frederick was already gravely ill and ruled for just ninety-nine days before he too died at the age of fifty-six. He was succeeded by his son Emperor William II.