Austrian School, 19th century
Clasp with a miniature of Princess Claudine of Teck, Countess of Hohenstein, Duchess of Württemburg (1812-1841) c. 1835-41
Watercolour on ivory, gold and enamel | 4.2 x 3.3 cm (sight) | RCIN 421100
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Gold and enamel bracelet clasp (hinged to convert to a pendant) containing a miniature of Princess Claudine of Teck, Countess of Hohenstein.The miniature is copied after the signed half-length miniature by Moritz Michael Daffinger showing the Countess standing in a landscape (present location unknown).
Claudine, Countess of Hohenstein, daughter of Laszlo, Count Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde, and Agnes, daughter of Gregor, Baron Inczédy de Nágy Várad, married in 1835, as his morganatic wife, Duke Alexander of Württemberg. She died aged twenty-nine when she was thrown from her horse at a military review. Their son, Francis, Duke of Teck, was the father of Queen Mary.
Provenance
Given by Francis, Duke of Teck, the sitter’s son, to his daughter, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary, in 1890
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour on ivory, gold and enamel
Measurements
4.2 x 3.3 cm (sight)
5.1 x 4.5 cm (frame (miniature), with ring closed/down)
5.7 x 4.5 cm (frame (miniature), with ring open/up)
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