Plate

Germany

1820-30

  • Titles Plate (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast iron
  • Dimensions 8 11/16 in. (22 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.259.2
  • Work Type plate
  • Classification Containers

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Small round scent flask of solid light blue jasperware with applied white jasper relief, on one side in the center the portrait bust of Catherine the Great of Russia as Minerva facing right, on the other in the center the portrait bust of William V, Prince of Orange (1748-1806) facing left, surrounding both portraits is a border of floral garlands, or festoons, interspersed with small patera, the edge decorated with a band of overlapping laurel leaves, the neck shrouded by an applied white veil, with simple silver stopper.
Circular, silver wine coaster, or bottle slider, with a turned walnut base, the sides pierced with at top and bottom a band of wave scroll motif, the central band a modified guilloche pattern, with a square plaque with truncated corners that once held a crest, the upper edge beaded.
Porcelain sculpture comprised of clusters of white spherical forms bound together in an irregular way with black cording.
Plain cream-colored stoneware mortar and pestle, the pestle with a rounded wood handle.