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

Bust of Franz I, Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1768-1836; 1804 Emperor; as Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806)

Joseph Glanz

1831-1835

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Large oval bell shaped dish cover of creamware painted in green enamel on both sides with the arms of Abney and Bracebridge see notes within a ribbon tied garland the lower rim is edged in green and the lower body has a band of dangling laurel leaves in green enamel suspended from pink stems at the top a pattern of pink and green cabbage leaves surrounds the loop handle which is edged in green and has a decorative X at the base
Cupid and Ganymede Playing Dice Modeled after a relief 1831 by Bertel Thorwaldsen Ilsenburg cast iron
Obverse Bust in profile right Reverse A crown above a scepter and sword crossed with oak branches left and laurel branches right
Covered urn cover not original of white stoneware resting on a small black basalt plinth the body of the urn covered with an agate or crystalline glaze in shades of gray browns and blues designed to resemble stone the two ear shaped handles left white and with traces of gilding the handles terminate in masks of bearded tritons at the shoulder the long neck with an extended lip