Rattlesnake with satirical bite draws strong bidding at Woolley & Wallis

Among the best-performing lots at the Woolley & Wallis (25/12% buyer’s premium) Ceramics & Glass sale was a rare Wedgwood black basalt seal.

Dated c.1777, it depicts a timber rattlesnake coiled beneath a banner inscribed Don’t Tread On Me.…

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