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Small, footed helmet-shaped creamer or cream jug with serpentine sides, the pouring lip broad and elongated, the high loop handle ribbed, the ribbing extends to around the upper edge of the piece, the slender stem of the foot widens to rest on a narrow plinth with ribbed sides, the body is decorated with bright-cut engraving in a pattern of floral garlands surrounding on each side a shield, which is empty save for one, which bears a crest, the upper body with a band of stylized floral elements, the foot with delicate engraved elements and a circle of beading, the upper side of the plinth likewise with a decorative band
Obverse: Bust front. Reverse: A cross with the Bible, sword, and helmet.
Tiny round tri-color jasper (sage green, lilac, and white) cameo with white relief standing figure
Large cast-iron ring, the ribbed band with split shoulder, the face with an oval portrait medallion with the bust of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) in profile right.