ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
Elisabeth Christina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715-1797), Queen Consort of Frederick the Great, in silver silk dress embroidered with roses with gold brocade detailing, trimmed at the sleeves and décolletage with wide bands of lace, holding a closed fan in her right hand, wearing a gem-set choker in the shape of a bow, pearl earring, her powdered upswept hair dressed in curls and adorned with a black ostrich feather; to her right a diamond-set crown on a red velvet cushion, next to an ermine-lined red velvet cloak, brown curtain
on ivory
oval, 4.5/8 in. (118 mm.) high, silver frame marked 'V.H.' and '826S', with paste surround, and tied ribbon surmount
ANTON FRIEDRICH KÖNIG (GERMAN, 1722-1787)
Elisabeth Christina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715-1797), Queen Consort of Frederick the Great, in silver silk dress embroidered with roses with gold brocade detailing, trimmed at the sleeves and décolletage with wide bands of lace, holding a closed fan in her right hand, wearing a gem-set choker in the shape of a bow, pearl earring, her powdered upswept hair dressed in curls and adorned with a black ostrich feather; to her right a diamond-set crown on a red velvet cushion, next to an ermine-lined red velvet cloak, brown curtain
on ivory
oval, 4.5/8 in. (118 mm.) high, silver frame marked 'V.H.' and '826S', with paste surround, and tied ribbon surmount
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