Inkwell

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

1820-30

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Custard cup of "tear" or "comma" shape of solid dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a lattice pattern.
Large rectangular tablet of solid white jasper with dark chocolate brown jasper dip and white jasper relief decoration depicting Orestes and Pylades at the Temple of Diana, with the priestess Iphigenia, including a simple pillared temple in the center containing a shrine with the figure of Diana on a pedestal and a small altar, on the right of the temple the priestess Iphigenia stands in front of the shrine, turning back to Orestes and Pylades who stand bound and guarded by a figure wearing a Phrygian cap, on the left Iphigenia gives a letter to Orestes and Pylades, who are now freed, while a figure holding a shield aloft stands behind her.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of two Dancing Hours figures, one holding a laurel wreath and one holding a grapevine garland, next to the Muse Urania seated on stump with a globe and a tree on the right, all on a thin ground that ends before the right edge of tablet.
On rectangular base, a male peasant kneels behind a bucket.