1820/30

Delicate porcelain lithophane in cast-iron holder, the lithophane depicts the scene "Brautwerbung" (Courting the Bride), model number 229 in the Plaue Porcelain Manufactory's Preis-Courant, and shows on ...

1830/40

Cast-iron pocket watch holder in the form of a single sunflower with thick, leafy stem in a small, simple pot, resting on an under dish that is decorated with scrolls and stylized organic motifs, the face ...

1798/1800 (from Flaxman model, about 1775)

Cast iron portrait medallion modeled in high relief with the image of the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné; 1707-78) in profile right in civilian dress with a sprig of Linnaeus borealis, ...

About 1830

Large, heavy cast-iron covered tureen resting on an oval foot with short, beaded stem, the oval tureen in squat urn form with raised foliage on the bottom and a band of stylized floral motifs around the ...

Schinkel, Karl Friedrich

About 1830

Karl Friedrich Schnikel was one of the most important German architects, painters, and designers of the early nineteenth century. He was a student of the classical architect Friedrich Gilly (1772-1800) ...

Glanz, Joseph

1831/35

The small, gilt-bronze bust of the Emperor Franz I of Austria wearing the garment of a Roman ruler, his head crowned with a ribbon of laurel leaves, mounted on a square pedestal of cast iron and resting ...