LOT 315 (32935) Est R500 to R1500 – A Mid-Victorian Double Folding Portrait Frame

Description

the oval-shaped and hinged purple velvet presentation case with integral thumb push, enclosing two gilt-metal framed and glazed sepia carte-de-visite photographic portraits of German Emperor Frederick III of Prussia (1831 -1888) and Empress Victoria of Prussia (1840-1901), verso printed and inscribed on the reverse of one, with the photographic studio’s details: Window and Grove, Photographers to the Royal Family, 63 A. Baker St. Portman Square, London W (With frame: 14 x 10cm each) (Frame case, open: 1 x 22.5 x 15cm, closed: 2 x 15 x 11.5cm) (Condition report: Age wear to gilding, minor flare crack to glazed panel, consistent with age and use)