Small cast-iron cuff link, or button, star-shaped with eight points pierced with foliate motifs, the central medallion with a rosette set in gold.

Cuff Link

Possibly Eisenwerk Horowitz (Rudolf Graf Wrbna)

1820-1830

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Classical Marriage Scene, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Set of four, tall, sterling silver candlesticks architectural in form and neo-Gothic/neoclassical in style, each with a large, square base decorated with a diaper pattern within which are stylized flowers raised against a stippled ground, the corners are covered with upwardly scrolling acanthus leaves; from the base the stick rests on a fluted foot upon which sits a square pedestal from which extends the actual stick, which is composed of two slender columns at each edge with acanthus leaves at top, all bound by three sets of three bands each; between the columns are quatrefoils; the finial is in the form of a footed urn, the foot with four individual trefoils between acanthus leaves, the urn is also decorated with trefoils and stylized acanthus leaves, and holds a square, removable bobeche with pierced corners and scrollwork; on three of the four bobeches is an engraved crest: an eagle with outstretched wings atop a crown set with feathers.
In the middle the Amazon Column, left a plant stand, and right a three-tiered fruit dish; in the upper left and right corners are supports for a balcony.
Statuette