Staff of a Grand Master of Ceremonies at the Viennese Court, 19th century

Staff of a Grand Master of Ceremonies - Ceremonial at the Viennese Court

1648–1914

Although dating only to the second half of the nineteenth century, this badge of office represents the rituals and regulations of Viennese Court ceremonial, which was particularly conservative and was conducted according to the centuries-old traditions of the imperial Habsburg Court.

Staff of a Grand Master of Ceremonies at the Viennese Court, 19th century