Plate

Germany

1820-25

  • Titles Plate (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 11 9/16 in. (29.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.259.1B
  • Work Type plate
  • Classification Containers

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One of a pair of silver, boat-shaped, covered sauceboats, each raised on stepped oval foot with beaded edge, the upper rim of the main body likewise beaded, with two large, loop handles with reeded accents, the fitted, domed cover notched to accommodate a ladle, with beaded urn finial, both the cover and the body on one side engraved with a stag crest.
Oval medallion with profile portrait of an unidentified man probably a cardinal.
Miniature cup (the handle is missing) of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration that includes three small relief scenes of a seated figure with scales, a group at an altar, and a seated man with a scythe, with a small floral motif where the handle was.
On the square base, the figure of a female vintner in Rhenish costume with vat and basket.