桃花心木鑲銅鎏金及黃銅書桌連時鐘，傳為約翰·吉利斯安·赫德作， 不倫瑞克，約1805年作

the tripartite superstructure with gilt-bronze pierced gallery on a stepped top, above a triglyph frieze, the upper body divided by plain pilasters with a clock flanked by tambour doors opening to reveal three shelves and two drawers to each side; the clock with circular enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and inscribed ‘A.N. Delolme’, with bronze mounted ribbon-tied husk garlands above and with drapery garland with Apollo mask below, all on a plain brass rectangular panel above a smaller brass panel with gilt bronze mounted garland frieze; the hinged writing flap above beaded panelled drawer with central vertical mille-raies lozenge escutcheon, flanked by paterae above low pilasters above square tapering legs ending on brass caps, the front legs with horizontal mille-raies brass panels

傳為伊麗莎白·格拉芬男爵夫人（Elizabeth, Lady Craven）、勃蘭登堡·安斯巴赫總督夫人（Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach ）舊藏；

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格拉芬伯爵夫人於蘇富比「藝術品、鐘錶、掛毯及重要法國家具」拍賣會出售，1965年11月12日，拍品編號100

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Dietrich Fabian, Roentgen Möbel aus Neuwied, Internationale Akademie fur Kulturwissenschaften, Bad Neustadt, 1986;

Dietrich Fabian, Abraham and David Roentgen, Internationale Akademie fur Kulturwissenschaften, Bad Neustadt, 1996;

Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing+Roentgen: Uhren aus Neuwied, Internationale Akademie fur Kulturwissenschaften, Bad Neustadt, 1984;

Josef Maria Greber, Abraham un David Roentgen, Möbel fur Europa, 2 vols., Josef Keller Verlagg, Starnberg, 1980;

Hans Huth, Roentgen Furniture: Abraham and David Roentgen: European Cabinet-Makers, Sotheby Parke Bernet, London-New York, 1974;

Wolfram Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2012.

In overall good conserved condition. There are very minor marks and scratches consistent with age and normal usage. There are some very minor restorations to the veneer and minor loss to moulding on the corner of the cornice. There is a very minor repair to veneer to flap (right hand side) and a very minor loss to the veneer of the flap (left hand side); The bronze and brass clock section in need of a light clean and very minor loss to head of Mercury's (hat's right wing). There is a very minor repair to veneer between brass panels and a very small crack to wood behind the brass panel. Moulding at base of back panels slightly warped. Clock description: 4¼-inch enamel dial signed A N Delolme, horloger de la Cour, ********, the movement with verge escapement, the balance mounted on the backplate, internal count wheel striking on a bell. Condition: Dial has chips to right winding hole and other scratches and marks, town of origin has been deleted. Movement is complete and reasonably clean, it looks as though it would run but may benefit from a clean and service.
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此傢俱之設計曼妙雅緻，出神入化，無疑是參照德國製櫃大師大衛·倫琴（David Roentgen）（1743-1807）之設計而成，傳為約翰•吉利斯安•赫德（Johann Christian Härder ）（1760-1828）所製，其弟子於不倫瑞克開設工坊。而櫃上時鐘由宮廷鐘匠德洛蒙簽署，足以證明其來源。

本書桌傳為伊麗莎白·格拉芬男爵夫人（Elizabeth Craven, Lady Craven）（1750-1828），又稱伯克利女公爵（Princess Berkeley）、勃蘭登堡·安斯巴赫總督夫人（Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach ）舊藏。她的一生充滿傳奇色彩，為伯克利伯爵四世之女、格拉芬男爵六世之妻，也是一位知名劇作家、社交名流，以及擅長遊記作品之小說家，紀錄其於十八世紀後期歷遍歐洲的見聞。她曾經歷過第二次婚姻，下嫁勃蘭登堡•安斯巴赫總督，為不倫瑞克-沃芬特公爵（Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel）及喬治三世之嫡系表親。