German writing desk

Stuttgart, ca. 1825/28

A German mahogany, porcelain and gilded bronze mounted writing desk by the court cabinet maker Johannes Klinckerfuß

120 x 139 x 80 cm

On the backside the fragmentary old inventory lable “Privat-Eigentum Ihrer Majestät der Königen von Württemberg”. The porcelain plaquette signed on the backside “CM 1825” for her Majesty Charlotte Mathilde.

Provenance:
King Wilhelm I. of Baden-Württemberg, Auguste von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach

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