Bust almost front in uniform with sash and medals.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French Diplomat

Modeled by Leopold Heuberger, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1814/15

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Deep, round, footed bowl of red earthenware, the sides are decorated with an alternating pattern of horizontal lines and stylized sheaves of wheat, the bright blue glaze of the body (the foot is left unglazed) pools in the crevices of the design to leave the color of the clay visible on the raised portions, the glaze also thins at the rim to reveal the color of the clay beneath.
Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Nero (37-68 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name NERO impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Oval dark blue jasper intaglio with profile portrait of man (King of Prussia, Frederick the Great?)
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