300th Anniversary of the Protest at Speyer April 19, 1529

Modeled by Gottfried Bernhard Loos, and (modeled by) Christoph Carl Pfeuffer, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

19829

This medal commemorates the 300th anniversary of the imperial diet held in Speyer in 1529 at which five Lutheran princes issued a strong protest against the anti-Lutheran measures of Emperor Carl V as he sought to reverse the policy of religious tolerance adopted in 1526. The word Protestant orginated from this incident.

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St. George and the dragon.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, one of the cupids plays a clarinet, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with lilac and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Small asparagus shell, or server, of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, scalloped sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior printed in underglaze blue in a variation of the Caughley "Temple" pattern, the border above comprised of a series of blue squares with round reserves and blue dots.
Large round doorbell of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration, around the edge an intertwined zig zag band and on the top a band comprised of a leafy vine with a ribbon around it, the center button (loose) with a stylized floral element at the end, with a metal mount.