US$6,328.85 DESCRIPTIONAntique 20th Century Italian Royal provinace solid silver photograph frame, particularly large, the top applied with a crown, mounted on a wood and fabric bound back with easel support and glass to protect the photo. The photograph is dipicting Elena of Montenegro, or more commonly known as Queen Elena of Italy (8 January 1871 - 28 November 1952) nicknamed "Jela" was the daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his wife, Milena Vukotić. she was Queen of Italy from 1900 until 1946 and Queen consort of the Albanians from 1939 until 1943\. On 29 July 1900, following his father's assassination, Victor Emmanuel ascended the Italian throne. Officially, Elena assumed her husband's whole titles: she became _Queen of Italy_, and with the birth of the Italian Colonial Empire she became _Queen of Albania_ and _Empress of Ethiopia_. The photo is signed in French 'To her excellency, Madame Barrera, Affections Elena 1901' [Noble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobility) surnames, such as Barrera, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Barrera, which is a local Spanish surname, once, lived, held land, or was born in [Spain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain). Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The surname Barrera originally derived from the Spanish word _Barrera_, which referred to a barrier and denoted that the family originally lived beside a gate of fence. On 28 December 1908 Messina was hit by a disastrous earthquake. Queen Elena helped with the rescuers, as some photographs show. This helped to increase her popularity within the country. During the First World War Elena worked as a nurse and, with the help of the Queen Mother, she turned Quirinal Palace and Villa Margherita into hospitals. To raise funds, she invented the "signed photograph", which was sold at the charity desks. At...