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sole; below, large Chinese vases. In R. 21, table with small articles
used by the king: snuff-box hit by a bullet at Kunersdorf in 1759;
snuff-box held by the king in his hand when he died. In the middle of
R. 22, *Cabinet containing jewels, e.g. thirteen snuff-boxes set with
precious stones ; watches and sticks of the king; plate remaining from
his golden service melted down in 1808; ornaments found in tombs
of Hohenzollern princes; chain of the Order of the Swan (unique
original). Adjacent a case containing snuff-boxes in chrysoprase
and jasper. — R. 23. Cedar Room. The king's piano; portrait of the
king when crown-prince, by Knobelsdorff; large collection of snuff¬
boxes with portraits of the king, battle-scenes, etc.; specimens of
the king's handwriting. — R.24. Alcove Room. Chinese cabinet that
formerly contained the king's collection of maps; his writing-table.
Terracotta bust of Prince Henry, his brother. By the windows:
the king with his greyhounds, statuette by G. Schadow; a volume of
the Oeuvres du philosophe de Sanssouci, with annotations by Vol¬
taire and the king; the king's first essays in writing and drawing.
In the alcove (to the right of the entrance): Frederick's drawing
of the Town Palace at Potsdam; ribbons recording victories; clothes
and uniforms of the king from his childhood till his death, his first
dress, his gala-uniform as colonel of the life-guards (when crown-
prince); table-top with views of Rheinsberg; his death-mask. —
R. 25. Throne Room, with upholstered furniture from the New
Palace. By the rear-wall are Frederick's cradle and the chair in
which he died; effigies of bis favourite dogs. In the centre is his
pianoforte. — R. 26: The king's flutes; the bullet by which he was
wounded in 1760 at Torgau; Knobelsdorff's sketch-book; two tin
cups engraved by Baron Trenck during his imprisonment at Magde¬
burg; porcelain group of the king and his grandson Frederick Wil¬
liam playing shuttle-cock; porcelain bust of Voltaire ('immortalis'),
presented in 1775 to the latter by the king.
Room 27: Red Gallery. Busts of members of the Hohenzollern
family. On the walls are the remains of a table-service made in
China as a gift for Frederick from the Frisian Trading Co. but
lost in a shipwreck on the way to Europe; also an admirable rococo
service from the Berlin porcelain factory.
Room 28; Queen Elizabeth Christina (1715-97), consort of
Frederick the Great. Portrait of the queen in widow's weeds,
by Graff.
Room 29, called the soapstone room, in the Chinese style.
Room 30: Memorial Room. Coloured wooden figure of the Great
Elector; King Frederick I., a cast of Schltlter's statue at Kbnigs-
berg; model for a statue of Frederick William I., by Bettkober.
On the walls, portraits of the children of Frederick William I.
Room 31 : Queen Sophia Dorothea (1687-1757), wife of Fred¬
erick William I. Her portrait by Huber; wax figures of her children.