Portrait bust of Queen Luise of Prussia in profile right wearing a low-cut gown with ermine mantel held together with a string of pearls that rests below the breast, with pearls in her hair and wearing a diadem.

Luise, Queen of Prussia (1776-1810)

Modeled by Leonhard Posch, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

About 1810

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Bust in profile left.
Small, drum-shaped pedestal of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, around the foot a band of overlapping lotus leaves and around the central body three small relief scenes including, Friendship Consoling Affliction; Nike Sacrificing a Bull; and three warrior figures, between small dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Black jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of John Locke (1632-1704), was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Sir Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many Scottish Enlightenment thinkers, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence.
Obverse: General Napoleon on horseback crossing the Alps at the St. Bernhard Pass on May 14, 1800, prior to the battle of Marengo.