Pitcher

Wedgwood

20th century

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Small, oval plaque (truncated at the lower edge) of white jasper with green jasper dip and white relief decoration of the Muse Calliope, who presided over eloquence and heroic poetry, and often holds a tablet or roll of paper and stylus, standing in full figure next to a pedestal.
Black jasper button with white relief portraits of four martyred presidents (Lincoln, Kennedy, Grafield and McKinley) with signature facsimiles beneath each. Made by Marie La Barre Bennett. Marie created studio art pottery between 1953 and her death in 1969 after which all of her moulds were destroyed.
Tall, organically-shaped, slumped vase with folds and throwing rings visible, narrow at the flat base and widening at the top.
Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief portrait of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) English Statesman, Founder of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Appointed Home Secretary in 1822, Leader of the House of Commons in 1828 and in 1834 became Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer.