Paperweight

Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

1830-40

See More of the Collection

Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with profile portrait of woman on one side and Roman figure on the other, set in a rotating metal shank
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of three Dancing Hours figures, all on a thin ground.
Amalthea and the Infant Zeus, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Vase of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration, the round foot with molded, bound reeds, the lower body with a ribbon and ivy scroll, with a band of acanthus leaves and one of laurel leaves at the shoulder, the narrower, elongated neck with acanthus leaves, a band of arabesque of scrolls and flowers, the upper neck with a pattern of acanthus leaves alternating with stiff leaf motifs, the flared edge with a band of acanthus leaves.