The Pope in profile left praying before a crucifix.

Pope Pius VII (Gregor Barnabas Luigi Duke Chiaramonti, 1742-1823, 1800 Pope)

Modeled by Anton Friedrich König the Elder, Based on a medal by Tommaso Mercandetti, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz

About 1800

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Tri-color diced jasper (green, yellow, and white) bell pull
Large, heavy beer pump handle of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body with on one side the muse Urania, muse of astronomy, and on the other the muse Melpomene, muse of tragedy, between them are dividers comprised of acanthus leaves and anthemion motifs.
Half figure seated right, the head front.
View of the foundry