A ROOKWOOD SCENIC POTTERY VASE, designed by A. R. Valentien, circa 1885, gourd form with slender neck ascending to an opening bud, painted with a butterfly amongst japanese style landscape over a 'Goldstone' glaze, with a carved gilt band to neck, some gilding at rim, impressed '238 ROOKWOOD 1885 G' with artist's initials--17¼ in. (44 cm.) high