Medallion “Sign of the Zodiac – Cancer”

Wedgwood, After a 1776 design by Mary Landré

1790-1800

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Small locket in the form of a female head wearing a tall white wig and a black mask that covers the upper part of the face, with rosy cheeks and red lips, in gilt metal mount, the locket opens in back to reveal a hollow compartment.
Oval basalt plaque with nine Bacchanalian boys at play in a vineyard
Canopic jar in two parts, the upper part of molded, solid white jasper with applied light blue jasper decoration, in the form of a pharaoh’s head wearing an Egyptian headdress, the lower section of solid white jasper with light blue jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration with bands of hieroglyphs and zodiac symbols along with Egyptian motifs, on round foot.
Tri-color jasper (sage green with white and lilac), commemorating the 25th anniversay of the Buten Museum of Wedgwood (1957-1982), signed on reverse by Lord Wedgwood