Paperweight

Germany, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

1819

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Molded creamware sweetmeat dish of shell shape with shell border highlighted in deep cobalt blue, with scrolled shell handle likewise edged in blue, hand-painted with a cobalt blue leafy vine meandering around the interior, resting on two stout conical feet.
Hector Taking Leave of Andromache, Modeled after a cut stone by Luigi Pichler, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Creamware flatback figural group of Uncle Tom and little Eva from "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Uncle Tom sits on a stump with his right foot resting on a wrapped package, he wears a white suit picked out in gold, his shoes, face and hands are glazed black, in his left hand he holds a yellow straw hat, around his neck is a floral garland, with a small sprig of foliage at his left foot, Eva stands on his right knee, she wears a white dress and holds a floral sprig in her right hand, her shoes are blue and her hair is brown, Uncle Tom's right hand is around Eva's waist, holding her on his knee, Eva's left arm is around Uncle Tom's neck, the base with two parallel gold lines and the names "Eva & Uncle Tom" in script.
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration with part of tree on the left and four Dancing Hours figures, all on a thin ground that extends the length of the tablet.