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Oval medallion of black basalt with the bas relief portrait bust of Roman Emperor Nero (37-68 AD) facing right, wearing laurel leaf crown, the name NERO impressed below the truncation, self frame, pierced to hang.
Dark blue jasper perfume bottle with white relief scene of Hope with anchor on one side, and figures mourning warrior on the other, with crystal stopper
Small trumpet vase of white hard-paste porcelain made to commemorate World War I, the front decorated in underglaze blue with the image of a radiant Iron Cross and the date 1914, the reverse with a small three-leaf oak branch and acorn below the date 1914-1916, with narrow blue bands below the lip, around the lower body, and at the foot.
Cast-iron buckle heavily decorated with rosettes and acanthus leaves, the prongs gold.