Hanging holiday or Christmas ornament. Brass-wire coil "icicle" in loose cone shape. One of six: 1993.0157.25, 1993.0157.27, 1993.0157.28, 1993.0157.29, 1993.0157.26. No mark.
Hanging holiday or Christmas ornament. Brass-wire coil "icicle" in loose cone shape. One of six: 1993.0157.25, 1993.0157.27, 1993.0157.29, 1993.0157.30, 1993.0157.26. No mark.
Hanging holiday or Christmas ornament. Brass-wire coil "icicle" in loose cone shape. One of six: 1993.0157.25, 1993.0157.26, 1993.0157.28, 1993.0157.29, 1993.0157.30. No mark.
Circular plate with a curved rim, scored twice near edge of face and engraved at top of underside ".J.D.G.". Plain, flat well; no foot ring. Underside has three touch marks arranged in a circle at center, stamped twice with an oval containing a lion rampant facing left and holding something, and once with a standing, skirted figure, arms outstretched with something in both hands, above "1757 / IIB", also in an oval.
Spiral-gadrooned, helmet-shaped jug or pitcher with molded midband on matching, high pedestal base joined by a short cylindrical stem with three discs at center. Complex, broken scroll handle with volute thumbrest. Scalloped rim with wide pouring lip. No marks apparent.
Circular plate with plain, curved rim and flat well with a circle stamped at center encirlcled by a pair of incised lines; no foot ring. Underside engraved at top of rim ".J.S.G. / .1770."; incised circle around well encloses circular touch mark at center containing a crowned, winged, female figure holding a palm branch and harp surrounded by "FEIN ZINN / G.L.DOSTMANN." in raised serif letters.
Small, four-tined fork having a flared, rounded-end handle stamped on front with a raised bead border around upper shaft and terminal, and on back “LIKE MOTHER’S (arched) / GERMANY (curved)” in raised decorative font.
Gallon-size circular basin or bowl with concave, single-reeded rim, rounded tapering sides and slightly raised well depressed at gutter; no foot ring; shallow, inset foot ring. Rim face engraved "18•I•G•I•34" between two sprigs. No other marks.
Large circular dish with molded rim engraved at top of face with an armorial device consisting of two collared dogs or hounds supporting a coat of arms with three pallets gules surmounted by the coronet of a count (nine pearls on tines). Deep, flat well; no foot ring. No other marks visible.
Holiday or Christmas ornament, four small blown glass balls and tinsel chenille formed into a quartrefoil shape. Balls all have an opening at top and bottom to allow wire to pass through. Balls are silvered glass, two with overcoat of gold and two with overcoat of magenta. No mark.
Free blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in a cauldron shape: acorn-shaped body with lip at top around large opening. Free-blown spikes around outside of body. Clear glass painted bright pink, wrapped in crinkle tinsel wire, with small coil wire wrapped at top for hanging. Stuffed with pink tissue paper. No mark. These were generally produced in Germany prior to 1940.
Free blown glass holiday or Christmas ornament, in a cauldron shape: acorn-shaped body with lip at top around large opening. Free-blown spikes around outside of body. Clear glass painted matte white, wrapped in crinkle tinsel wire, with small coil wire wrapped at top for hanging. Spikes are painted red. No mark. These were generally produced in Germany prior to 1940.
Single-reeded circular plate with incised, flared rim engraved "-=.HSH.=-" at top of face and beaded on underside. Flared booge and flat well scored around perimeter; no foot ring. Underside has two pairs of incised lines, one at inner edge of rim and one in well, and one partial, undecipherable, clipped-corner rectangular mark at center, possibly containing a Tudor rose.
Raised globular cup with four chased and repousse pairs of opposing ruffled C scrolls sprouting flowers and sprigs. Cylindrical neck with raised bead is engraved "Steh ich auff so füll mich wider." followed by a crosslet between flourishes. Underside of boss bottom is struck with a raised serif "P" in rectangle and an illiegible mark.
Serpentine-lobed, molded-rim, souvenir or commemorative plate with relief-cast view of the Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great of Prussia by Christian Daniel Rauch in Berlin (designed, 1839; completed, May 1851) in well; statue faces left above a scrolled reserve engraved "Friedrich II. d. Gr." No foot ring. Shaped hanging plate burnt to underside where booge meets well; old cotton string looped through. No marks.