A PAIR OF MINTONS PINK-GROUND DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE VASES

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A PAIR OF MINTONS PINK-GROUND DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE VASES
DATE CODE FOR 1873, INCISED SHAPE NO. 1644, DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

Each tied at the base of the neck with a trailing blue ribbon and applied in high relief with a large green scarab beetle, its wings decorated with a grotesque mask, the pink ground and ribbon decorated with scattered mon, the neck and foot with gilt bands--10in. (25.5cm.) high (2)