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Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Sayn, Germany, operated 1815 - 1865

New Year’s Card

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New Year’s Card

Inkwell

New Year’s Card

New Year’s Card

Lithophane Holder

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German Poet, Writer and Statesman

New Year’s Card

Plaque Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Creation of the Royal Iron Foundry Sayn as a Royal Foundry Office in 1816

The initials “FWE” most certainly belong to Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (from 1840 ruled as Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia) and his wife Elisabeth Ludovika, who attended the foundry’s celebration in 1826. The background of the plaque shows important, partly identifiable products from previous years. Highlighted by a griffin from the Lion’s Gate of […]

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