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The Roentgens' Rolltop Desk

Watch as this desk's hidden features are revealed.

The richly embellished surface of this rolltop desk conceals a wealth of mechanical surprises and features, including a spectacular arrangement of almost forty compartments and drawers. Abraham (1711–1793) and David Roentgen (1743–1807) designed this table not just for writing and reading but also to function as a dressing table, or poudreuse.

This table, from Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens in Washington, D.C., is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013).

Learn more about this object: http://trio.hillwoodmuseum.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=related&kv=13072

Footage courtesy of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

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Two-handled cup with cover

Christopher Waggoner (active 1698–1702)

Date:: 1701–2
Culture:: Irish (Dublin)
Medium:: Silver
Dimensions:: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973
Accession Number:: 1974.28.167a, b

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: "This plate run for on ye Heath of Ballyeolloe in ye Queen's County ye 7th May 1702."

Marking: [1] a harp crowned; [2] CW in shaped outline; [3] O in pointed shield Location of marks: [1]-[3] on cover, inside, [1] and [3] under base of cup, [2] on side of cup near lip above words "7th May 1702."
Provenance

[ S. J. Shrubsole ; to Irwin Untermyer, February 12, 1971 ] ; Irwin Untermyer (1971–73; bequeathed to MMA)
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Who
Christopher Waggoner (1)
What
Metal (59,483)

Metalwork (14,681)

Silver (14,046)

Drinking vessels (6,031)

Cups (3,858)
Where
Europe (150,372)

Republic of Ireland (614)

Dublin (79)

Leinster (79)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (67,128)
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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,228)
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Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1800 A.D.
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