In the middle the gate to the entrance hall at Babelsberg Castle, flanked on either side by figures from the iron bridge in Sanssouci, mounted in cast-iron frame.

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Possibly modeled by Christoph Carl Pfeuffer, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin

1836

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Cast-iron portrait head of King Johann I of Saxony (1801-73) in profile left.
A soft-paste porcelain figural group of a standing female and seated on the ground near her feet is a lamb facing the opposite direction. The female figure is in a dress with painted flowers along the hem, with flowers at her feet. Her arms are bent outward, one arm lower with the apron's end draped over it is filled with flowers, while other hand holds a bouquet closer to her chest. The figural group is on a decorated scroll base painted in burgundy.
Small bulb pot of white stoneware covered with an opaque variegated agate glaze in shades of brown, beige and yellow, below the lip a band of gilded fret work, the fitted cover with two spouts to hold bulbs and two smaller air holes, both the interior of the pot and underside of the cover are glazed black.
Bust three-quarters left in uniform with medals.