Inkwell

Modeled by Friedrich Wilhelm August Kastner, After a design by Wilhelm August Stilarsky, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1830

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Statuette on tall base.
Large round faience charger, the ground glaze with a bluish tinge, painted in shades of light and dark blue enamel with manganese, in the center well a scene of the Holy Family at rest under a tree, on the left is a seated Mary holding the draped Christ Child, on the right is Joseph seated on a rock and turned toward Mary and the Child, holding a walking stick in his hand, on the left is a second walking stick and pack leaning against a rock, in the background a landscape with mountains and a distant town, the rim with a wide band of naturalistic flowers and foliage, around the well and on either side of the floral band are narrow bands of light blue enamel, the figures and flowers are outlined in manganese; the underside of the rim is decorated with a pattern of lines and curves in dark blue enamel.
Classical Battle Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Oval medallion of black basalt with bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Galba (3 BC-69 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name GALBA impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.