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439 | 1864 Königin von Württemberg. Ihr Andenken lebt bis heute in Stuttgart fort, etwa in dem nach ihr benannten Olga-Kran- kenhaus, da sie sich sehr für soziale undmedizinische Einrich- tungen einsetzte. Two silver platters for Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia, St. Petersburg, circa 1840 The tray and plate by Henrik August Long (Lang) for Nicholls & Plincke, St. Petersburg, 1840 silver, inspected by Dimitrij Ilitsch Tverskoj (1834 - 1850). The tray with mo­ nogram ON for Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Roma- nova (1822 - 1892), the daughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Char- lotte of Prussia, 2017 g. The plate bearing the Russian double-headed eagle, also monogrammed ON, 2085 g. Dimensions of the tray 3 x 45.5 cm, platter 3 x 63.5 x 31 cm. Both pieces were commissioned as part of her dowry for Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna’s 18th birthday in 1840. In 1846, she married the Württemberg Crown Prince Karl Frie- drich Wilhelm (1823-1891) in St. Petersburg and became Queen of Württemberg in 1864. Her memory lives on to this day in Stuttgart, for example with the Karl-Olga Hospital, named in her honour as she was an active advocate of social and medical institutions. 275916 II + € 8.000 Lot 186