A PAIR OF COALPORT BRIGHT-BLUE-GROUND VASES of rococo-moulded two-handled baluster form, painted with birds among reeds within relief-moulded white and gilt scroll cartouches, applied in high relief with large flower-heads above gadroon-moulded lower bodies and below rims similarly moulded with white and gilt scrolls and feuilles-de-choux, the grounds gilt with scattered bouquets, on scroll-moulded spreading circular feet similarly painted with vignettes of birds (small chips to petals and leaves, minute flakes to painted enamels), circa 1830
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A PAIR OF COALPORT BRIGHT-BLUE-GROUND VASES of rococo-moulded two-handled baluster form, painted with birds among reeds within relief-moulded white and gilt scroll cartouches, applied in high relief with large flower-heads above gadroon-moulded lower bodies and below rims similarly moulded with white and gilt scrolls and feuilles-de-choux, the grounds gilt with scattered bouquets, on scroll-moulded spreading circular feet similarly painted with vignettes of birds (small chips to petals and leaves, minute flakes to painted enamels), circa 1830
10in. (25.5cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
C Geoffrey A. Godden, op. cit., pl. 181 for a similar vase