St. George and the dragon.

New Year’s Card

Modeled by Arno Breker, Buderus Foundry

1953

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Large, heavy cast-iron covered tureen resting on an oval foot with short, beaded stem, the oval tureen in squat urn form with raised foliage on the bottom and a band of stylized floral motifs around the midsection, with a handle on either side in the form of two connected sea creatures with open mouths and split, scrolling tails, the domed cover with a band of acanthus leaves and pinecone knob.
Creamware flatback figure of Aunt Chloe from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" standing in full figure on a round base, her arms, face and shoes are glazed black, otherwise her two-piece dress and headscarf as well as the basket she holds in her left hand are white and picked out in bronze lustre, with the name AUNT CHLOE written in bronze script on the front of the base.
Chatelaine of white jasperware with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief set into cut steel mounts, with hook at top from which extends a long chain of interlocking links each punctuated in the middle with a small, faceted polished jasper bead, attached to the chain is a two-sided, octagonal jasper medallion with on one side in relief a detail from Achilles in his tent – Priam pleads with Achilles and on the other classical figures in an unidentified scene, from this medallion hang two two-link chains set with small faceted dark blue jasper beads with jasper knobs decorated with white bas relief stiff leaf motifs and cut-steel and jasper beaded tassels, between them hangs a short chain in the style of the long chain above and with two hooks, from these hang a key comprised of a cut-steel mount and dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle, and a seal, or signet, of cut steel, likewise with a dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle, the seal engraved with a bird on a heart and the inscription "L’Amour."
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.