Pair of Three-Light Candelabra

France

Mid-18th century

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Deep dish of red earthenware (redware) with a brownish-orange lead-based glaze, the interior with a pattern of individual, incised scrolls and squiggly lines around the border, in the middle a large impressed leaf motif surrounded by four other impressed leaves; below the center leaf the date "1764" and above the initials "B C."
Oval dark blue jasper cameo with white relief of a Zepyhr with polished edges
Oval basalt medallion with portrait of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) born in Nantwich Stapeley he grew to become a important Royal Navy officer fighting in the Madhist war and the Boxer Rebellion and later becoming the commander of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. He was awarded many high ranking medals and became a Member of the Order of Merit and given the title of Earl Beatty in 1919.
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