Oval black basalt intaglio two sided with profile portrait of woman on one side and Roman figure on the other set in a rotating metal shank

Shanked Intaglio Seal

Wedgwood

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Southern Netherlands façon de Venise diamond engraved winged goblet the funnel shaped bowl engraved with two oval medallions one depicting Saint John the Baptist holding the Cross Bible and Lamb and wearing a camel fur over his shoulder the other showng Saint Paul holding a sword the saints are flanked by two large flowers the stem a series of coiled tubes whose middle section is shaped like an 8 enclosing white threads and applied with pincered ornaments on a folded conical foot
Oval medallion of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and in white relief the figure of the Muse of Tragedy Melpomene classically dressed and with dagger and cup
Soft paste porcelain figure of a woman selling flowers emblematic of spring standing in full figure on a rococo base highlighted in gold and green to her left a flowering branch that offers the figure support around her waist a white apron filled with bunches of flowers her left arm encircles the flowering branch wearing a flowered and striped skirt with purple bustle and puce bodice tied together with gold string over a white blouse her hat is red and blue
Card Case mother of pearl