Winged Sphinx

Wedgwood

1959

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Oval black basalt intaglio with profile portrait
Miniature cup and saucer of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, the cup with loop handle, on both are tiny relief scenes including on the cup Hope and Anchor, a female figure next to a tree, possibly the Zodiac Virgo, and two classical figures, and on the saucer a lion and calf, Cupids with a chariot (Bacchanalian scene), two classical figures, Cupids with a goat, a flying Cupid with bow and arrow, and Cupids with an urn.
Cast-iron buckle heavily decorated with rosettes and acanthus leaves, the prongs gold.
The dish in the shape of a shell on a rectangular base with four leafy feet, upon this a uniformed man with raised right fist holding a peasant at the throat.