Spoon

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

18th century

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Modeled after an engraving "Fredéric II Roi de Prusse" by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki.
Obverse: Five protesting princes. Reverse: Five protesting princes in the middle a "Bürgermeister" as representative of the fourteen, also protesting, cities, holding hands over an open Bible.
Bust in profile right in Austrian general's uniform with sash and ermine mantle.
Tall vase of deep blue jasper dip with white jasper relief decoration, resting on square plinth decorated with white anthemion motifs, the round foot with overlapping acanthus leaves and beading at the joint, the main body with applied white relief of on one side the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche, the other side left blank, the shoulder with a wide band of overlapping laurel leaves, with two scrolled handles and beading at the lip, the neck with a pair of thin white parallel bands.