A cast iron portrait medallion of Tsar Alexander I - image-1

Lot 195 Dα

A cast iron portrait medallion of Tsar Alexander I

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 14:00 - Prussia II
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €

A cast iron portrait medallion of Tsar Alexander I

Black patinated iron in a moulded brass and ebonised wood frame. Depicting the Russian Tsar in profile facing left. Engraved "Posch". D 8.3 cm, frame 13.8 cm.
Attributed to Königliches Hüttenamt Gleiwitz / now Gliwice, 1st half 19th C., modelled by Leonhard Posch.

Literature

Cf. Forschler-Tarrasch, Leonhard Posch, Berlin 2002, no. 157.