A Richardson's 'Vitrified' opaline ovoid vase
with flared neck, painted in the Etruscan style with classical figures, printed black mark, circa 1850 -- 25cm. high See colour plate 1
Lot Essay
Cf. Charles Hajdamach, BRITISH GLASS 1800-1914 (1991), p.101, col. pl.9 for a page from Richardson's design book showing a similarly- decorated vase.