Commemorative Dish “Charlotte, North Carolina”

Wedgwood

1968

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On a square base with four leafy feet, the pierced round pin cushion holder with padded pin cushion in the center on a foot with eight stylized leaf supports, atop the pin cushion kneels a winged cherub supporting a padded thimble holder on its head.
Miniature two-handled mug of white jasper with a dark blue jasper dip, on side one is the portrait medallion of Josiah Wedgwood facing left with a banner below that reads JOSIAH WEDGWOOD/1730-1795; the other side shows the coat-of-arms of the Wedgwood family with the motto OBSTANTIA DISCINDO (we overcome all obstacles)
Round box with miniature painting on ivory.
Miniature covered potpourri pot of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the body basket shaped with two extended loop handles, the interior is glazed, the exterior of the body decorated with two small relief scenes separated by trees, small flowering plants and a ewer, on one side Bellerophon watering Pegasus and on the other a group of warriors, the perforated cover with small floral motifs and acanthus leaves radiating out from the mushroom finial.