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Lot 300 Dα

A porcelain walking cane topper with a Portrait of Crown Princess Victoria

Auction 1105 - overview Berlin
21.04.2018, 14:00 - Prussia II
Estimate: 300 € - 400 €
Result: 310 € (incl. premium)

A porcelain walking cane topper with a Portrait of Crown Princess Victoria

Depicting the young princess beneath a crown amid gilt tendrils, monogrammed VR (Victoria Regina?) and dated 1837 to the reverse. Unmarked. H 10 cm.
Attributed to Berlin KPM, after 1888.

This piece is a curiosity, as Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa of Great Britain was born in 1840. At the time of the Coronation she was already 48 years old.

Provenance

Berlin Private collection.