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Wedgwood

1930-1950

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Small cast-iron filigree cross pendant with a small, central cast-iron medallion with the image of the Madonna of the Chair after Raphael in a gold mount.
Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief of two figures, set in steel as buckle
Oval black basalt medallion with relief profile portrait of William III (1650-1702) facing right, William III was the King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Son of William II of Orange and Mary daugher of Charles I. the English Princess Royal. As a Protestant, William III participated in several wars against the powerful Catholic king of France, Louis XIV, in coalition with Protestant and Catholic powers in Europe. When James II attempted to restore the Roman Catholic religion, alienated his people, William and his wife were invited to take his place. William landed near Torbay in 1688 and James quickly fled to France where he sought protection of Louis XIV.
Large urn of solid white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white relief decoration, resting on solid white plinth decorated with a border of delicate lotus motifs, on round foot with a pattern of gadrooning around the edge, the urn's lower body with a pattern of foliate motifs and above a white band figures from "Blind Man's Bluff", with two fluted and extended handles and a band of palmettes on the shoulder, the conforming cover is a facsimile.