A German Writing Desk

by the court cabinet maker Johannes Klinckerfuß (1770 – 1831)

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

120.5 × 139.5 × 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