Handles for Tableware

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Plaque with six of the twelve figures from the Kreuzberg Monument in Berlin.
Solid light blue jasper tablet with applied white jasper relief decoration with light shading depicting Achilles at Skyros at the time of his discovery and departure, with from left a knight with horse, Lycomedes sitting on the throne, two naked Doryphoroi, or spear bearers, one of Lycomedes daughters in a long girt chiton springing away with a gesture of alarm, Achilles brandishing a sword, his woman's chiton slipping, his lover Deidameia is behind him with her hands on his shoulders, three other male figures, possibly Odysseus, Agamemnon with an attendant, and Diomedes are to the right.
Large oval plaque of white jasper with peach-green jasper dip and white relief decoration with the portrait bust of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), English naturalist, biologist and geologist, to left.
Head in profile right.