Covered Vase

Wedgwood

1800-1850

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Molded creamware sweetmeat dish of shell shape with shell border highlighted in deep cobalt blue, with scrolled shell handle likewise edged in blue, hand-painted with a cobalt blue leafy vine meandering around the interior, resting on two stout conical feet.
Jar with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Cast-iron clasp for a bracelet comprised of pierced, scrolling foliage with a small central medallion with a rosette on a steel plate.
Oval black basalt medallion with relief profile portrait of Mahomet II (1430-1481) Sultan of Turkey. born at Adrianople. Suceeded his father, Murad II, in 1451 and two years later besieged and reduced Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Emprie and giving the Turks a good foothold in Europe. Although he was defeated at Belgrade, he went on to annex most of Greece and Albania.