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Possibly decorated by Émile Aubert Lessore, Wedgwood

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Oval black basalt intaglio, two-sided with profile portraits of bearded men on each side
Large, elegant, vase-shaped silver covered urn on round foot resting on square base that is edged with beading, the main body likewise with two bands of beading around the upper edge and shoulder, with two elongated loop handles that terminate in leafy motifs, the tall, slender cover rises up to a domed tip, with urn-shaped finial, the main body engraved with a coat-of-arms (unidentified).
Bowl with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Oval medallion with profile portrait of Charles III (1716-1788), was King of Spain and the Spanish Indies (1759–1788), after ruling Naples as Charles VII and Sicily as Charles V (1734–1759), kingdoms he abdicated to his son Ferdinand. He was the fifth son of Philip V of Spain, and the eldest son of Philip's second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he suceeded to the Spanish throne on 10 August 1759, upon the death of his half-brother King Ferdinand VI of Spain, who left no heirs.