Cast-iron paperweight, the flat, rectangular base with a border of stylized acanthus leaves and central raised wreath of laurel leaves, in the middle the bust of the German writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1831).

Paperweight

Bust after a model by Leonhard Posch, After the original by Christian Daniel Rauch, Royal Prussian Iron Foundries , Berlin or Gleiwitz

About 1830

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Bow porcelain figure of a male figure, with a fabric draped around and grapes on wines as a wreath on his head. He holds a cup in one hand and grapes over the cup with the other hand. His elbow rest on a tall container of grapes. He stands on a painted rococo style scroll base, painted in burgundy and gold. His game of hunted rabbit hangs by his side.
Candlestick at left side with figure of a boy on right surrounded by bocage
Statuette
This teardrop-shaped custard cup or dessert pot is made from a fine sheet of moulded yellow jasper which has been decorated with a crenellated edge and the ornamentation of a fine white jasper lattice or trellis design. It was made between 1790 and 1800.