$1,400
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Auction: July 21, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Comprising a framed set of nine photos of Leopold II, Duke of Brabant (later King of Belgium) and family, dated 1862; a pair of portraits of Pedro II and Teresa Cristina Maria, Emperor and Empress of Brazil, dated 1876, in gilt bronze and enamel frame, in original presentation box from Auguste Klein, Paris, together with a hand-written note, "given to my dear Mother;" a portrait of Natalija Obrenovic, Natalie of Serbia (Queen Consort of Serbia 1882-1889), dated 1897, in gilt-bronze and guilloché enamel frame with the Serbian Royal coat of arms, together with a second framed portrait of Natalie of Serbia; an album with painted-porcelain mounted cover, hand-inscribed "The Gallery of Beauty in the Royal Palace at Munich," containing engraved portraits of European Royalty and aristocracy and with personal inscription, "for my dear Father from his loving daughter - Lily/Munich Sept. 28th 1887;" and a travelogue with leather cover set with five micromosaic plaques, the front cover with interior label "EMILIO BAGNANI/LEGATORE DI LIBRI/FABRICANTE DI ASTUCCI/Via Mercato Naomo N. 2/FIRENZE," and containting photographs and envravings of famous Italian works of art, with personal inscription: "For/Dear Father/With the most love/of his devoted daughter/Lily & M. Berghmand/Fhirenze [sic]/Nov 1866." (6).
H: 28, W: 19 in. (largest frame)Provenance: By descent in the Macalester family to the present owners.