Lot 89 , A pair of large Masons Ironstone square baluster vases, c.1840-51, H. 55.5cm

A pair of large Mason's Ironstone square baluster vases, c.1840-51, in imitation of a Chinese model, transfer printed, gilded and enamelled with figures, mock script and objects on a celadon green ground decorated with butterflies and flowers, unmarked, H. 55.5cm
Estimate £400-600

cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares, plate 291 for an identical vase.

Both vases in good condition with no restoration chips or cracks, there is some slight wear to the gilding in places such as around the top rim and foot, both vases obviously slab built and have a slight lean to one side where they have slumped slighly in manufacture and some of the side panels are slightly concave also all part of the charm of them.


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Sold for £1,600