Lot 359 , A large and impressive Masons Ironstone two handled pot pourri vase and cover, c.1815-25,

A large and impressive Masons Ironstone two handled pot pourri vase and cover, c.1815-25, of octagonal baluster form, one side moulded in relief with the figure of a dragon and butterflies, the reverse modelled in relief with a prunus tree with applied flowers, all on a gilt scrollwork cobalt blue ground, the neck moulded with a pair of dragon handles and the pierced cover with a dragon finial, unmarked, height 63cm

Condition: Typical minor glaze imperfections, occasional scratches to the glaze and some wear to the gilding. The dragon on the cover has a worn splinter chip to the 'dorsal fin'. The pair of handles have over-glazed firing cracks to the dragons near the join to the body. Some of the encrusted flowers have small losses and one flower toward the base has lost all of its petals, otherwise in good condition with no restoration or damage cracks detected.
Estimate £300-400

cf. Godden's Guide to Masons China and the Ironstone Wares plates 279 and 280 for similar examples of this model, but lacking the modelled decoration to the bodies.


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Sold for £360