Obverse: head in profile right; reverse: laurel wreath.

Friedrich Anton Freiherr von Heinitz (1725-1802), Co-Founder of the Prussian Royal Iron Foundries

Modeled by Anton Friedrich König the Elder, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1802

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Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Very simple footed silver bowl of bulbous form, slightly concave at shoulder with on one side the (later) engraved coat-of-arms, probably of the McIntyre and/or Evans families.
Heavily decorated, pear-shaped silver caster on round foot with reeded rim that is engraved with shell motifs, crosshatching and stippled ground, the lower body with engraved foliate motifs between four chased strapwork panels that terminate at the shoulder in winged cherub masks, the upper body likewise with four strapwork panels, between these are engraved scrolling motifs and a stippled ground, the tall, dome-like cover with six pierced panels comprised either of scrollwork or quatrefoils, the finial urn-shaped with ball tip.
Obverse: Head in profile right. Reverse: Eagle with laurel branch.