Toothpick Stand

Germany

  • Titles Toothpick Stand (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 in. (13 x 5.1 cm) Overall1: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.305B
  • Work Type toothpick stand
  • Classification Containers

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On a four-footed, square base with arched skirt and a border of palmette motifs, a stand in the form of a laurel wreath supported by a swan with outstretched wings and stylized floral elements, with three prongs on each side for jewelry.
Rectangular black basalt intaglio with Cupid and earth(?) on scales, inscribed "L'AMOUR L'EMPORTE(?)" ("Love Prevails"?)
Hercules and Omphale, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Obverse: head in profile right; reverse: laurel wreath.