Carl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria (1771-1847), Military Leader

Possibly Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1810

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Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in black jasper with white jasper relief decoration, the two-handled vase in the shape of an amphora, one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent, draped female figure holding a sea serpent, above her is a flying Cupid holding his bow and arrows, to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump, his chin in his right hand, which is resting on his knee; on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column, he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure, a draped, recumbent female, lying on the rocky base, looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head, behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure; underneath each handle is a bearded mask; the base with the image of a cloaked figure, head lowered, wearing a wrapped headdress, with right arm raised to face, in the background foliage. The white jasper used for the relief decoration has been touched with shading to give the impression of translucency, the vase is badly blistered.
Bust front.
Obverse: Bust of Rudolph Brandes (1795-1832) front.
Small, round medallion of white jasper with green jasper dip and white relief decoration with the scene of "Nike and a Warrior," Nike carrying a palm branch to symbolize victory, she stands on one side of a statue of Athena with a helmeted warrior on the other, set into a simple silver mount with an eye for hanging.