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similar vases were exhibited at the Chicago fair in 1893, suggesting that this pair could be produced for a trade exhibition
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A pair of Doulton Lambeth large baluster vases
designed by John Eyre, baluster form applied with serpent handles with mask finials, the body painted with Classical muses Ceres/Feronia and Flora/Pomona, seated on stylised fish thrones, in colours on a cream ground impressed factory marks, painted marks (hairline to base rim of one vase) -- 64cm. high
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designed by John Eyre, baluster form applied with serpent handles with mask finials, the body painted with Classical muses Ceres/Feronia and Flora/Pomona, seated on stylised fish thrones, in colours on a cream ground impressed factory marks, painted marks (hairline to base rim of one vase) -- 64cm. high
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