Adam's Country House Collections 12th & 13th October 2020

37 Country House Collections|12 th & 13 th October 2020 85 A PACIFIC ART COCO DE MER NUT BASKET, of natural lobed form, pierced with central handle and two oval compartments, the exterior with incised cross hatched border, 28cm long € 300 - 400 86 A 19TH CENTURY WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA POTTERY ‘ROGER WILLIAMS JUG’, for Messrs Warren and Wood, Providence, Rhode Island, commem- orating the ‘Providence Plantations’ in 1636. 12cm high Roger Williams (1603-1683) was a Puritan minister who founded Providence Plantations which became the Colony of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state and fair dealings with Native Americans and he was one of the first Abolitionists. € 250 - 300 87 AN ITALIAN CAMEO RELIEF CARVED CONCH SHELL, c.1900, possibly Neapolitan, depicting a classical scene with Bacchus and his followers in a landscape. 22.5cm high x 16cm wide x 17cm deep € 600 - 800 88 A LARGE COLLECTION OF SHELLS, including conch shells, cowrie shell and a variety of snail shells € 150 - 200 Day I ONLINE ONLY AUCTION: Monday 12 th October 2020 bidding closes at 3pm (bidding opens 1st October)