Bust.

Freidrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German Writer and Historian

Modeled after the bust by Johann Heinrich Dannecker, Wasseralfingen

Before 1821

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Ladies' Juliette cap-style cocktail hat comprised of a black tulle foundation with black silk cording wrapped around to form a pattern of small spirals that have lilac metallic inserts, with short, fluffy black and lilac feathers on top, with a small comb inside to afix to the head.
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.
Part of an assembled tea service (not originally a set) in the Fan Pattern, derived from Japanese Imari or Arita ware
Oval blue jasper medallion with profile portrait of Priestley (1733-1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, English Dissenters clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, innovative grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works.