AN IMPERIAL GIFT: A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASE AND COVER CIRCA 1886, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED 86 TO THE BASE, SIGNED F. WAGNER WIEN Of shield shape flanked by upright bracket handles, finely painted with a bust-length portrait of the Emperor Franz Joseph I in the gala-uniform of a Field Marshal, on a surround of elaborate gilt vine 20 in. (50.7 cm.) high Provenance Presented to Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler from Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, circa 1886. Bequeathed to his wife, Cornelia Redfield Chandler, 1889. By descent through the family until 1917.
AN IMPERIAL GIFT: A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASE AND COVER CIRCA 1886, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED 86 TO THE BASE, SIGNED F. WAGNER WIEN Of shield shape flanked by upright bracket handles, finely painted with a bust-length portrait of the Emperor Franz Joseph I in the gala-uniform of a Field Marshal, on a surround of elaborate gilt vine 20 in. (50.7 cm.) high Provenance Presented to Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler from Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, circa 1886. Bequeathed to his wife, Cornelia Redfield Chandler, 1889. By descent through the family until 1917.
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