Door Handle

Possibly Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

1st half of the 19th century

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Rectangular box with rounded ends.
Small asparagus shell of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, straight sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior painted in underglaze blue in the "Narcissus" pattern, above the painted scene is a band of blue squares with white reserves with blue dots in the middle, below is a stylized foliate pattern, on both the interior and exterior sides are painted delicate floral vines.
Round blue jasper medallion with white relief of two female figures in clouds holding wreaths, set in gilded brass frame with ring
Green and white jasper with one of Flaxman's Seasons