Three decorative miniatures of ladies including Princess Maria Fyodorovna (after Ritt);

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Three decorative miniatures of ladies including Princess Maria Fyodorovna (after Ritt);
Marie Clementine, Archduchess of Austria, wearing a black dress with a triple-pleated white collar, wearing a portrait miniature (after Füger); and Princess Bagration, in a white dress and headgear beside pink roses (after Isabey)
on ivorine, gilt-metal frames, two with faux tortoiseshell reverses ovals and circular, 4 3/8 in. (102 mm.) and 3 7/8 in. (95 mm.) high
See Plates 1 and 3 for part lot Illustrations (3)

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Lot Essay

The second wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg (1759), took the Russian name Maria Fyodorovna. She and Paul had 10 children.

Marie Clementine, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Tuscany (1777-1801) married HM Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies by proxy

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