Blue glaze, stylized branches - rim back

Plate

Bow porcelain factory

About 1755-1760

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Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783) Known mostly for his advances in mathematics and his association with Denis Diderot in the creation of the famous Encylopedie, but his other works were numerous and influential.
Pointed oval or eye-shaped blue jasper cameo with white relief chariot scene
Cast-iron portrait head of King Johann I of Saxony (1801-73) in profile left.
Obverse: Bust of Rudolph Brandes (1795-1832) front.