Cast-iron clasp, probably for a necklace, the border pierced with beading, in the middle an oval medallion with a cherub adapted from Raphael's Sistine Madonna, on a polished steel plate.

Clasp for a Necklace

Probably Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

1815-1820

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