Bust in profile left in general's uniform with epaulet, sash, medal, and ermine mantle.

George V, King of Hanover (1819-78; 1851-66 King)

Modeled by Heinrich Friedrich Brehmer, Königshütte (Harz)

1851-52

George V was born Friedrich Alexander Karl, son of Ernst August, King of Hanover.

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Oval dark blue jasper intaglio with profile portrait of Galileo with star?
Attic Red-Figure Amphora, Attributed to Tyszkiewicz painter, terra-cotta, earthenware
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Large white porcelain presentation vase of urn shape with narrow neck and flared lip mounted on an octagonal plinth, with two large scrolling snake handles radiating from upper body and resting on wide lip, the snakes' tails terminate in floral motifs; the snake handles and the main body of the vase are unglazed (bisquit), the neck and lip, foot, and plinth are all glazed; the head of the snake as well as the scrolled foliage that surmounts its body mid way, and the floral terminals are highlighted in gold, the neck and lip with three gold bands at top middle and bottom, the foot and plinth likewise highlighted with gold bands; the body with central large round cartouche surrounded by tooled gold band and surmounted by gilt crown that is flanked by oak and laurel leaves, within cartouche a polychrome topographical view of the royal palace Kronprinzenpalais on Berlin's fashionable street Unter den Linden