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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4556778, member: 5833&quot;]She is Tuccia, a Vestal Virgin who was accused of being unchaste, in violation of her vows.&nbsp; She swore that this was untrue &amp; said that to prove it she would carry water from the River Tiber to the temple in a &#039;sieve&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuccia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuccia" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuccia</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is an article about her as a cameo subject on CameoTimes.com.&nbsp; Think you may have to be signed in as a registered user to view the page:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/tuccia-sieve" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/tuccia-sieve" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/tuccia-sieve</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s my belief that the &#039;sieve&#039; was actually something more like a winnowing basket:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cameotimes.com/images/Tuccia/Winnowingbasket.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Wedgwood book says H was used as a date code in 1879 &amp; again in 1905.&nbsp; Don&#039;t think they were setting their pottery as jewellery in 1879.&nbsp; 1905 seems more plausible based on style also.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope it says WEDGWOOD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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