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Vintage Wedgwood Embossed Coins Cigarette Box With Lid Lavender (blue) on Cream
Green stamp on bottom ~ WEDGWOOD of ETRURIA & BARLASTON Made In England Queen's Ware
H or 4 50 pressed on bottom
Grape leaves around top edge with two coins, one of a sailing ship, other of a boar Island Sommer
Size 5" x 3.5" x 1.5"
This so called “hogge money” is thought to be the first coinage of the American colonies. A Hog is pictured on one side & a sailing vessel on the other.
The Sommer Islands are now known as Bermuda
excellent condition, two crazing lines on bottom
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