Simple vase Keith Murrary shape 4216 of cream colored body covered with a celadon green slip Four series of closely spaced parallel engine turned lines encircle the body to reveal the lighter body beneath the slip The interior of the vase and flared pedestal are cream colored

Vase

Designed by Keith Murray, Wedgwood

About 1940

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Large round portrait medallion of white jasper with green jasper dip and in white relief the portrait head left of Dr Victor Tourneur 1878 1967 Belgian numismatic historian ethnologist bibliographer and professor and chief curator of the Royal Belgian Library from 1929 1943 He was a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium the name Victor Tourneur Dr Phil running vertically on the right
Bowl David Puxley Wedgwood glazed stoneware
Green and white
At the Peace of Posen on December 11 1806 Friedrich August joined the Rheinbund which was founded by Emperor Napoleon of France on July 17 1806 At the same time Napoleon made Friedrich August King of Saxony After the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 at which Friedrich August fought alongside the French and lost he was captured and imprisoned in Friedrichsfelde near Berlin