Covered Urn, Dancing Hours

Wedgwood

About 1850-1875

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Small tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) dish decorated in cobalt blue with the half-length portraits of King William III and his wife Queen Mary II, who together reigned over the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland beginning in 1689, both depicted in royal robes with crowns, inscribed with the initial W next to William's head and M between the couple, with R to the right of Mary's head, with three thin blue lines around the edge.
Small oval medallion of black basalt with in relief the image of an African slave wearing only a loin cloth, kneeling and in shackles, with his hands grasped together, around him the inscription AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?
Shell plate
Large bust of President Abraham Lincoln in black basalt, bearded and draped in the antique style, on round pedestal base.