Apostle Paul

Modeled after Leonhard Posch, Germany , foundry unknown

1820/30

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Round box with miniature painting on ivory.
Large white porcelain presentation vase of urn shape with narrow neck and flared lip mounted on an octagonal plinth, with two large scrolling snake handles radiating from upper body and resting on wide lip, the snakes' tails terminate in floral motifs; the snake handles and the main body of the vase are unglazed (bisquit), the neck and lip, foot, and plinth are all glazed; the head of the snake as well as the scrolled foliage that surmounts its body mid way, and the floral terminals are highlighted in gold, the neck and lip with three gold bands at top middle and bottom, the foot and plinth likewise highlighted with gold bands; the body with central large round cartouche surrounded by tooled gold band and surmounted by gilt crown that is flanked by oak and laurel leaves, within cartouche a polychrome topographical view of the royal palace Kronprinzenpalais on Berlin's fashionable street Unter den Linden
Tall vase of pearl-glazed, white stoneware covered with a brown glaze and engine turned to reveal the white stoneware below the glaze, baluster shaped with fluting on the stem highlighted in white, with a row of applied white floral garlands suspended by medallions below the flared lip and an applied white band of repeating medallion motifs around the base, the cover is missing.
Large oval faience soup tureen with matching cover and stand, the tureen molded with scrolls, gadrooning, and shellwork decorated in rose, or pink-purple (pourpre de Cassius), and green enamel on a white ground, with four scrolled feet similarly decorated, the handles are molded with feathers and are enameled in shades of yellow and rose; the domed quatrefoil lid is similarly decorated and has an elaborate knop in the shape of naturalistically molded celery, peas, mushrooms, and mussels; the stand with two intertwined and pierced handles in shades of rose and likewise molded with scrolls and shellwork, also enameled in blue and yellow with a green, molded artichoke sprig in the center and with mushrooms and crustaceans at either end.