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Mementos of an Empress

Result EUR7,620
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 23 October 2020 - 11:00 (CEST) - Salle 10 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Because Sissi is eternally Sissi, several items belonging to her incited strong feelings and stirred up the bidding.

Silk umbrella, with birchwood handle and rose quartz pommel with the monogram "E"... Mementos of an Empress

Silk umbrella, with birchwood handle and rose quartz pommel with the monogram "E" (Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary), beneath a closed crown; blue enamel and silver mount with laurel wreaths, l. 92 cm (36.2 in). 
Result: €7,620

In pictures of her, where she often seems to be elsewhere as though sensing the sad fate that awaited her, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898), immortalized…
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Friday 23 October 2020 - 11:00 (CEST) - Live
Salle 10 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
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