AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1805-1873)

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AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (ANGLO-GERMAN, 1805-1873)
A pair of gilt-metal bracelets set with portraits of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), later Empress of Germany and Frederick William of Prussia (1831-1888), later Emperor Frederick III of Germany; she in white evening dress, wearing the family order of Victoria and Albert and a diamond necklace and earring, green and white head-dress; he, in blue military uniform with red and gold collar and epaulettes, wearing the orange sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, the collar of the Hohenzollern House Order, another collar and orders
the miniatures on ivory
both ovals, 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.) high, with blue enamel border, the former engraved on reverse, ‘Victoria / d. 29 April / 1858’, the latter, ‘Friedrich / Wilhelm / d. 29 April / 1858’

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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Sale room notice

The USA has recently changed its policy on the import of property containing elephant ivory. Only Asian Elephant ivory may be imported into the USA, and imports must be accompanied by DNA analysis and confirmation the object is more than 100 years old. Buyers will be responsible for the costs of obtaining any DNA analysis or other report required in connection with their proposed import into the USA. A buyer’s inability to export or import a lot is not a basis for cancelling their purchase.

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Lot Essay

The date on the reverse of both bracelets suggests that they were made to commemorate the sitters’ marriage, which took place in the same year. The miniature of Victoria, Princess Royal, is after Winterhalter’s oil on canvas portrait of June 1857 (now in the British Royal Collection, inv. no. 404580). For two signed enamel miniatures of Victoria, Princess Royal, by William Charles Bell, also after the Winterhalter portrait, see V. Remington, Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, London, 2010, I, p. 49, nos. 29 and 30.

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