Persus Poet

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

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A group of 245 identical, small, round, plain "stones" of black basalt designed for use in the game of Go.
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.
D-shaped bulb pot of modified bombé form with gilded bands at top and bottom and repeating pattern of gold against white. In the middle a hand-painted landscape in monochrome purple against a green base. Landscape with river scene, house, trees and people, on opposite river bank an abandoned castle.
Round dark blue jasper medallion with white relief scene of Coriolanus with his wife and mother persuading him to return to Rome, set in brass frame with ring