JOHANN MICHAEL HOLDER (GERMAN, 1796-1861)
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JOHANN MICHAEL HOLDER (GERMAN, 1796-1861)

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JOHANN MICHAEL HOLDER (GERMAN, 1796-1861)
William I (1781-1864), King of Württemberg 1716-1864, in blue uniform with red piping and gold epaulettes, wearing the cross of the Royal Württembergian Order of Frederick (founded 1830), the badge of the Royal Württemberg Order of Military Merit and one other badge
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, cast gilt-metal frame with putti and crown surmount
Provenance
Christie's, London, 9 December 2008, lot 78.
Special notice
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William Frederick Charles, son of King Frederick I of Württemberg and his first wife Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, married Charlotte of Bavaria in 1808 (who he divorced in 1814) and secondly, Catherine Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia in 1816, and thirdly Pauline of Württemberg in 1820.
For a miniature of King William I's father, see the previous lot.

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