Bacchanalian Procession

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1800

Titles Bacchanalian Procession (Descriptive)
Artist Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, Germany, operated 1798 - 1872
Medium iron
Dimensions 1 5/16 x 1 13/16 in., 14.4g (3.3 x 4.6 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Garbáty, 1962.91
Work Type medallion
Classification Medals

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On a round, bell-shaped base that is decorated with relief scenes of playful putti is a lyre with a winged female mask at the base and a series of three prongs on either side to hold jewelry.

Procession to Sacrificial Altar, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron

Soft-paste porcelain figure of a man selling fruit, emblematic of autumn, standing in full figure on a pierced rococo base highlighted in gold, green and puce, to his right a flowering branch that offers the figure support, around his waist a blue apron bag holding a bunch of various fruits and additional fruits are in his outstretched left hand, wearing flowered britches and jacket, with puce hat and shoes.

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