Coffee Pot

Designed by Walter Robert Minkin, Wedgwood

About 1965/67

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Oval medallion of white jasper with green dip and white bas relief of Poor Maria – a young woman seated under a tree, weeping, with a small dog – mounted in a steel bracelet, the medallion held to the face with prongs, the surrounding border engraved with crosshatching and on either side a simple flower with leafy motifs, the band is attached to the face with hinges and is engraved with a stippled border and on either side a triangle with similar leafy motifs, with adjustable hook and chain clasp.
Small enameled copper bonbonnière in the form of a peach or apple in shades of yellow and rust.
Bust in profile right with pearls in hair, diadem, and ermine mantle, whose chain rests on the breast.
Pair of cast-iron earrings, each of S-scroll form with a central floral element and a shell-shaped bauble hanging below, with extended earwires, one missing.