A round cast iron box with a portrait of Crown Princess Elisabeth of Prussia

A round cast iron box with a portrait of Crown Princess Elisabeth of Prussia

Cast in two parts. The lid showing a portrait of the princess in profile wearing a tiara, jewellery and an ermine cloak. D 7.4 cm.
Attributed to a private Berlin Iron Foundry, after a model by Leonhart Posch, around 1825.

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin.

Literature

Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. no. 421.