A Conquered Province, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron

A Conquered Province

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1800

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Small, rectangular box with truncated edges, the top with a blue enamel band running around the edge, set with an enameled metal plaque painted with a view of the seaport at Constantinople (today's Istanbul) with rustic structures in a forested area in the foreground and a hilly landscape with trees and a large domed church on the hill on the right in the background, the plaque is edged in blue enamel and the gold around it is elaborately chased with a pattern of scrolling foliage and delicate stylized flowers, each side includes a central reserve edged in blue enamel and with a repeating pattern of small floral motifs inside, above the reserves runs a band of leafy and floral motifs around the perimeter of the box, each corner is decorated with a design of scrolling foliage; the underside of the box includes a border of stylized anthemion and vine motifs edged in blue enamel and a central panel, also edged in blue enamel, of an elaborate floral bouquet.
Knife handle of solid light blue jasper with white relief decoration in the form of acanthus leaves extending upward from the shank end (broken).
Bust in profile left in civilian dress in contemporary brass frame.
Bowl, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware