Sugar Spoon

William Eley, William Fearn

1821-1822

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Single standing figure of bearded Pantalone on small base encrusted with green leaves and a yellow flower, his right leg forward in a light bowing position, his hands behind his back, wearing a gilt-buttoned red costume with yellow slippers and long black robe with black cap
Obverse: Two cherubs with mask. Reverse with inscription.
Small oval medallion of white jasper with black dip and white bas relief of Fame Inscribing an Urn to the Memory of Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria (1767-1790) – a winged Fame kneels before a large urn on pedestal with trumpet in left hand and stylus in right, he inscribes the urn while a standing classically-dressed figure behind him drapes it, the Austrian eagle lies at the base of the pedestal, the scene delicately shaded with black jasper slip, set in a silver mount adorned with marcasite, the elaborate finial comprised of flowers and leafy elements set with marcasite, with eye for a chain.
Madonna and Child, Modeled by Leonhard Posch, After "Virgin of the Green Cushion" (1507/10) by Andrea Solario, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, or Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron