A POT-POURRI VASE AND DOMED COVER of baluster form with dolphins' mask handles, painted by Harry Chair with leafy sprays of yellow and pink roses in full bloom and with meandering buds, the reverse with smaller sprays on a misty pale-green and yellow ground, between slender bands of ropetwist, the waisted apricot neck enriched with a gilt lustre and moulded with smaller dolphins' masks divided by square cartouches pierced with foliage, the cover with similar pierced and moulded decoration below a moulded conical finial and within a beaded rim, the moulded details painted in pale-blue, apricot, green and gilding , on a flared foot (very minor wear to paint and gilding), signed, purple printed marks, impressed 8A, model number 2362, date code for 1902
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A POT-POURRI VASE AND DOMED COVER of baluster form with dolphins' mask handles, painted by Harry Chair with leafy sprays of yellow and pink roses in full bloom and with meandering buds, the reverse with smaller sprays on a misty pale-green and yellow ground, between slender bands of ropetwist, the waisted apricot neck enriched with a gilt lustre and moulded with smaller dolphins' masks divided by square cartouches pierced with foliage, the cover with similar pierced and moulded decoration below a moulded conical finial and within a beaded rim, the moulded details painted in pale-blue, apricot, green and gilding , on a flared foot (very minor wear to paint and gilding), signed, purple printed marks, impressed 8A, model number 2362, date code for 1902
22¾in. (58cm.) high
Lot Essay
Harry Chair specialised in the painting of roses, working at the factory for forty-two years