First Day’s Vase Reissue

Wedgwood

1930

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Delicate cast-iron and steel necklace, the long chain comprised of intertwined wire links that are united by a large, central link in the form of a small, round steel medallion with the applied image of a Sistine Cherub, the medallion surround by leafy foliage, the chain extends from this link to support a large pendant in the form of a cross with pierced arms enhanced with Gothic crockets and ending in pierced, scrolling foliate elements, the center of the cross decorated with a floral element applied to an oval, steel medallion, with screw closure.
Cast-iron necklace comprised of a mesh chain with three small oval medallions set in gold, the clasp a larger oval medallion set in gold, all with antique reliefs.
Cast-iron bracelet comprised of three small links of scrolls bound by beaded elements, the large central link pierced with palmettes, scrolls and foliage, in the middle a rosette mounted on a polished steel plate.
Oval medallion with profile portrait of Charles V (1500-1558), was ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1506. He voluntarily stepped down from these and other positions by a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556. Through inheritance, he brought together under his rule extensive territories in western, central, and southern Europe, and the Spanish colonies in the Americas and Asia. As a result, his domains spanned nearly four million square kilometers and were the first to be described as "the empire on which the sun never sets"