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George IV bought some marvellous things, but he had a butterflying mind, and his attention span was very short. He loved things when he got them, but week after, was either bored and tried to sell them or often tried to augment them. You know, putting gilt mounts on a piece, adding more jewels. It' s a constant reinvention of his marvellous collection. Sometimes George added such lavish embellishments to his treasures, it' s hard to tell what they were originally designed for. Now, when I look at this fantastic confection of a clock, I must admit that the fact it' s a clock is the last thing I notice, ' cos then you' ve got all this on top. This statuette was added on by George IV, wasn' t it? Yes, George and the Dragon was very much a sort of castle symbol of the patron saint. You see George and the Dragon appear all over the castle. So he had this mid 17thcentury piece put on top of the casket. Now, this bit is a reliquary, isn' t it? So for keeping holy relics. Yes. |
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qiáo zhì sì shì yě mǎi guò yī xiē qí tè de dōng xī, dàn tā shì gè jiàn yì sī qiān de rén, zhù yì lì hěn kuài jiù huì zhuǎn yí. gāng dé dào mǒu jiàn dōng xī de shí hòu hěn xǐ huān, dàn guò le yí gè xīng qī, jiù yàn fán le, xiǎng bǎ tā mài diào, huò zhě shì xiǎng zài xiū shì yī fān bǐ rú, zài wù jiàn shàng dù yín, xiāng qiàn zhū bǎo děng. tā bù duàn gēng xīn tā nèi xiē jīng měi dí shōu cáng pǐn, yǒu shí qiáo zhì jí dù shē chǐ dì zhuāng shì zhe tā de zhēn cáng pǐn, shèn zhì hěn nán shuō míng shè jì zhèi xiē wù pǐn de chū zhōng le. wǒ xiàn zài kàn dào de zhè jiàn hěn jīng měi dí dàn gāo zhuàng de shí zhōng, wǒ dé chéng rèn, wǒ shì zuì hòu cái zhù yì dào zhè shì gè shí zhōng. yīn wèi yī zhí zhù yì zhè gè dǐng bù zhè gè xiǎo diāo xiàng yě shì qiáo zhì sì shì jiā shang qù de, shì ba? shì de. qiáo zhì hé lóng shì wēn shā chéng bǎo de xiàng zhēng, nǐ huì kàn dào qiáo zhì hé lóng chū xiàn zài chéng bǎo de měi gè jiǎo luò, suǒ yǐ tā bǎ zhè gè 17 shì jì zhōng qī de diāo xiàng ān zhì zài hé zi de shàng bù. xiàn zài hé zi yě chéng le shèng wù xiāng le, shì ba? yòng lái shèng fàng yī xiē shèng wù. shì de. |