Bust in profile left in Prussian general's uniform.

Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1770-1840; 1797 King)

Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

About 1825

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Identified by Ames as "Blind Jack," born John Metcalfe of Knaresborough (1717-1810). He became blind at age six, but learned to play the violin, ride, swim, build houses and bridges, and is famous for the many roads constructed by him.
Long, simple silver marrow scoop, or spoon, on one side a long, narrow bowl used to extract marrow from smaller bones, and on the other a shorter, wider bowl used for larger bones, on the reverse of the larger bowl the engraved image of a griffin.
The vase is heavy. The vase's form is rotund and its exterior resembles a sea urchin, with five vertical bands comprised of six columns that contain impressions of circles. The exterior is glazed and a dark khaki color with some tan at the bottom of the vase. There are some color inconsistencies in the pattern along the vase, with some tan or green areas. Along the bottom of the vase are indentations of circles of varying shapes, interspersed with no discernible pattern. Around the lip and bottom of the vase are thin, orange rings. The interior of the vase's lip and the bottom of its base are unglazed red stoneware. The vase's interior is lighter in color and greener than the exterior.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Winston Churchill smoking a cigar (1874-1965) facing left. Winston Churchill was a British politician who was Prime Minister between 1940 and 1945 and again between 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to Victory against Nazi Germany. He is well known for his famous speech "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"