Twelve Ludwigsburg plates from the Coronation Service of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg, circa 1816-24 | Zwölf Teller aus dem Krönungsservice Königs Wilhelm I von Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Deutschland, circa 1816-24

Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma zu Wied, née Württemberg (1877-1965), daughter of King William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and spouse of Prince William Frederick zu Wied;

and thence by descent to Duchess Marie von Württemberg

The Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory was founded by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, on April 5, 1758 and was operating from the grounds of the Baroque Ludwigsburg Palace. After the dukes became Kings of Württemberg, on the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1805, the official name of the factory changed to Herzoglich-Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Ludwigsburg ("Ducal/Royal porcelain factory Ludwigsburg"). These twelve plates were especially commissioned for the coronation of William I (1781 –1864) as second King of Württemberg, which took place on 30th October 1816, five plates indeed bearing the king’s crowned cypher. His marriage to the Russian tsar’s daughter Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788 –1819), which lasted only three years, also took place in early 1816.