Lot Essay
This vase is similar to a vase exhibited in the Doulton Pavilion at the World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE MRS E M SOMERVILLE
A fine Burslem pottery vase and cover
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A fine Burslem pottery vase and cover
of urn form on four scroll feet, possibly modelled by Charles Noke, each foot with muse figure, the body with two classical figure above serpents and cherubs holding masks to the shoulder, painted with allegorical panels of the arts music and sculpture, the cover surmounted with Jupiter and his eagle, in vellum colours printed factory marks (damages) -- 71cm. high
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of urn form on four scroll feet, possibly modelled by Charles Noke, each foot with muse figure, the body with two classical figure above serpents and cherubs holding masks to the shoulder, painted with allegorical panels of the arts music and sculpture, the cover surmounted with Jupiter and his eagle, in vellum colours printed factory marks (damages) -- 71cm. high
See illustration