Allegory of Art and the Light Bringing Genius, Modeled by Georg Conrad Weitbrecht, Wasseralfingen, cast iron

Allegory of Art and the Light Bringing Genius

Modeled by Georg Conrad Weitbrecht, Wasseralfingen

First quarter of the 19th century

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The small, gilt-bronze bust of the Emperor Franz I of Austria wearing the garment of a Roman ruler, his head crowned with a ribbon of laurel leaves, mounted on a square pedestal of cast iron and resting on a stepped, rectangular base, the pedestal decorated with the gilt-bronze coat of arms of the Austrian empire.
Cast from mold with profile portrait of George Washington
Vase, Elwyn James, or David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Miniature saucer, or dish, of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the inner rim with a series of tiny relief scenes including flying Cupid with bow and arrow; a group of Cupids at work; Romulus/Remus with a Wolf; a standing figure; Cupids with a chariot (Bacchanalian scene).