I've been able to verify ceramic, Italian ,handmade, 1800"s, Catholic, Holy Water Font, and that the name for it being "holy spirit" holy water font. There is a base for a candlestick at the base of the bowl. Fire & water...hence the name "holy spirit.

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These are three figurines. One is of St. Nicholas Pope, another of Father Nicholas carrying a child, and the last of Father Nicholas carrying gifts. The details of these figurines is want prompted me to think they are vintage. His lips are painted red and so are the childs. The details of the clothing are interesting. The boy in pijamas has a hat on. Children would wear hats to bed a hundred plus years ago. The pope figure has a cross chain and is holding a book. All hats on St. Nicholas are different, and all robes are different. The three sculptures are thin (no thicker than 1 1/2"). There are no signatures or letters or numbers of any kind on the figurines. Making it difficult to know where they came from. I looked everywhere on the internet to find comparable pieces and found nothing alike. I wonder if they're not from Europe or who knows. Two of the figures have massive beards and hair in the back, while the Santa figure is more modest in that sense. If anyone knows anything about them, please let me know. Thank you.

These letters were found in a collection of David Sinclair Nixon's work and documents.  Nixon was an artist and a Vivaldi violinist who played with Olga, Pound's long-time mistress.  They are in great condition, having been kept in plastic sheaths in a closed file for the last several decades.  Two letters are 2 pages long and the third is 3 pages, one of which has a hand-written back side.

This punchbowl set has been in may family a long time.  I am curious about the age, pattern, and general information about the set.  Oh, and naturally its value.  It has 11 cups (one has a crack and one has a chip with a crack), 13 "S" hooks, pedestal and bowl.