Lot Essay
Sophie, daughter of Prince Charles Alexander of Thurn and Taxis, was married in 1827 to Duke Frederick Paul William of Württemberg.
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Princess Sophie of Thurn and Taxis (1800-1870), later Duchess of Württemberg, in lace-bordered white silk dress with pearls adorning her short sleeves, multi-coloured cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, pearl tiara in her upswept and curled brown hair
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CHRISTIAN WILHELM UNGER (GERMAN, 1775-1855)
Princess Sophie of Thurn and Taxis (1800-1870), later Duchess of Württemberg, in lace-bordered white silk dress with pearls adorning her short sleeves, multi-coloured cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, pearl tiara in her upswept and curled brown hair
signed and dated 'Wm: Unger 1820.' (lower left)
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame
Princess Sophie of Thurn and Taxis (1800-1870), later Duchess of Württemberg, in lace-bordered white silk dress with pearls adorning her short sleeves, multi-coloured cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, pearl tiara in her upswept and curled brown hair
signed and dated 'W
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame
Provenance
The Thurn and Taxis Collection, St. Emmeram Castle, Regensburg, inv. no. StE160; Sotheby's, Regensburg, 13 October 1993, lot 1327.
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