Empress Maria Theresa | Grant of Nobility to Franz Fischer von Ehrenstrom, 24 March 1770

Empress Maria Theresa

Document signed ("Maria Theresia"), a grant of arms and nobility to Franz Fischer, Captain of the Infantry under Fieldmarshall Count Königsegg, as Franz Fischer von Ehrenstrom

folio (360 x 310mm.), 12 leaves (final leaf blank), decorated calligraphic manuscript on vellum, first three pages within engraved borders, ILLUMINATED COAT-OF-ARMS on fol.7, signed by officials including Mariophilus Leisner on final verso, large red imperial wax seal in wooden skippet (diameter 162mm.), pendant on a braided gold cord, contemporary velvet over pasteboard, Vienna, 24 March 1770, lacking two pairs of wide silk ties,wooden skippet slightly chipped, binding worn

PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, 29 July 1964, lot 941