Plate

Berggieshauebel Foundry, Germany

1835-40

  • Titles Plate (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.298.5
  • Work Type plate
  • Classification Containers

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Simple, small silver chamber candlestick with attached snuffer, the well round with beaded edge, the edge of the C-scroll handle/snuffer holder likewise beaded, the urn-shaped candleholder raised on an open pedestal that would have held a fire starter or match, the upper flared rim of the candleholder likewise with beaded edge and the foot decorated with bright-cut engraving, the conical snuffer fits into the holder with an L-shaped hook and has a beaded edge.
Curved frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of four Dancing Hours figures on a thin ground that extends length of panel.
Inkwell of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with scenes from the Domestic Employment series in a landscape, the top with a large opening in the center and four smaller openings, three with white relief stiff leaf motifs around them.
Rectangular blue jasper plaque with white relief of women and children dancing