Madonna della Sedia (Madonna of the Chair), After a model by Leonhard Posch, Based on an engraving by Raphael Morghen, After the painting by Raphael, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries, cast iron

Madonna della Sedia (Madonna of the Chair)

After a model by Leonhard Posch, Based on an engraving by Raphael Morghen, After the painting by Raphael, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries

About 1820

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Large creamware mug made to commemorate the American Bicentennial in 1976, the main body decorated at the top with a band of large gold stars and at the bottom with two bands of smaller stars, in the center are two American flags waving in the wind on either side of a black American eagle with outstretched wings highlighted in gold, on one side the "Betsy Ross" flag with a gold banner below with the date 1776, and on the other a modern American flag with a banner and the date 1976, the loop handle and rim of the mug highlighted in gold.
Set of four, tall, sterling silver candlesticks architectural in form and neo-Gothic/neoclassical in style, each with a large, square base decorated with a diaper pattern within which are stylized flowers raised against a stippled ground, the corners are covered with upwardly scrolling acanthus leaves; from the base the stick rests on a fluted foot upon which sits a square pedestal from which extends the actual stick, which is composed of two slender columns at each edge with acanthus leaves at top, all bound by three sets of three bands each; between the columns are quatrefoils; the finial is in the form of a footed urn, the foot with four individual trefoils between acanthus leaves, the urn is also decorated with trefoils and stylized acanthus leaves, and holds a square, removable bobeche with pierced corners and scrollwork; on three of the four bobeches is an engraved crest: an eagle with outstretched wings atop a crown set with feathers.
Heavy mug with cylindrical, slightly waisted form that flares out to a ridge and then tapers towards the base. The mug's exterior is glazed brown and the exterior ridges appear white. The mug has thin horizontal, impressed lines circling the form. The interior is glazed green and also has imprinted, thin lines.
Octagonal tri-color jasper (sage green, dark blue, and white) cameo with white relief of Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena, featuring three warriors surrounding a fire, diana the huntress sitting on a chair being tended to and another soldier sitting on a chair.