The castle Falkenstein was built about 1120.

Falkenstein Castle by Meisdorf in Saxony

Mägdesprung foundry

1845/50

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Figure of a youth holding a shield in his right hand and a torch in his left, with crossed hammer and gad and a cornucopia below.
Rectangular green jasper plaque with white relief scene of Choice of Hercules, Broken in three and repaired
Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with profile portrait of woman on one side and Roman figure on the other, set in a rotating metal shank
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase (now in the British Museum) in solid 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 relief has been selectively shaded using a black jasper slip to give the impression of enhanced translucency.