Lace

Late 19th century

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Oil lamp of black basalt resting on a small square plinth, plain round foot and stem, the lower body fluted, the upper body plain and with three extended openings for three wicks in the form of leafy brackets, the interior with three funnels to feed the wicks through, small beading around the lip, the wooden cover a replacement.
Simple, small, silver, boat-shaped pap boat with extended, tapering lip
Small round medallion of white jasper with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief decoration of a crab representing "Cancer" from the "Signs of the Zodiac" series, mounted as a brooch in a simple silver setting.
Miniature two-handled mug of white jasper with a dark blue jasper dip, on side one is the arms of the City of Worcester, Worcestershire, England, with a depiction of a turreted castle in the center of a shield and in the upper corner three black pears, surrounding the shield are two crossed branches, one a branch of the black pear tree, the other a palm frond, below the coat-of-arms is a banner with the motto of the City, CIVITAS IN BELLO IN PACE FIDELIS (The City faithful in war and in peace) and the name WORCESTER