Bust three-quarters front.

Martin Luther (1483-1546), German Reformer

Modeled by Wilhelm August Stilarsky, Johann Conrad Geiss

About 1817

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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.
Very simple footed silver bowl of bulbous form, slightly concave at shoulder with on one side the (later) engraved coat-of-arms, probably of the McIntyre and/or Evans families.
Small enameled copper box with white ground, on the lid the image of a kneeling slave in chains facing left against a landscape with ship and the motto, "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER."
Bust.