Antique Battersea Enamel Medallion Featuring Woman with Anchor (Hope) handmade sailor There is an old surface

There is an old surface stain on reverse

It would be good hung on the wall by one of the links

or on top of a table

it really elevates anything you might put in it

such that the lid slides smoothly and fits super snugly--just right--protecting the figure (and symbol of the US Federal government) for what one hopes is a release and revivification near at hand

Antique Battersea Enamel Medallion Featuring Woman with Anchor (Hope) handmade sailor There is an old surfaceI am pretty certain this antique Battersea enamel medallion once had a post with threaded end on the back, so to be used as a curtain tie back or similar, but at some point that was removed, meaning now it could easily be turned into a brooch, or framed, etc. (I have found one exact match of this one out there with the post still in tact, selling for $445). I really love this woman leaning on large anchor, who I believe is meant to represent the