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Lot 208 Dα

Five cast iron portrait plaques

Auction 1193 - overview Berlin
07.05.2022, 11:00 - The Prussian Sale & Berlin Salon
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.000 € (incl. premium)

Five cast iron portrait plaques

Black patinated cast iron. 1. Marie Antoinette of France (?), in profile facing left. With a metal frame D 8.5 cm.
2. French brigade general. Engraved on the reverse "VI" and "23". With a metal frame D 8.2 cm. Some cracks.
3. French lady in profile facing right. Engraved on the reverse "VI" and "41". With a metal frame D 7.4 cm.
4. Princess Wanda of Radziwill. D 8.4 cm.
5. General facing left. Signed on the reverse "M". D 7 cm.
Royal Prussian Iron Foundries Berlin, Gleiwitz / Gliwice and possibly Mägdesprung, first quarter 19th C.

Literature

Cf. Forschler-Tarrasch, Leonhard Posch 1750 – 1831 Porträtmodelleur und Bildhauer, Berlin 2002, nos. 313, 364 and 435.