UNUSUAL LARGE 19TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE VASE ORIENTAL SCENES

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LARGE ENGLISH 19TH CENTURY VASE DECORATION IN THE ORIENTAL STYLE TWO CARTOUTES. ONE OF A GIRL IN THE LANDSCAPE THE OTHER OF LARGE SUNFLOWERS COMING FROM A CHINESE CACHEPOT. THE SHAPE IS CHINESE IN STYLE WITH DEEP GROOVES AROUND HT 12 INCHES 30 CMS CONDITION: THERE IS CRAZING CRAWLING THROUGHOUT THE OFF CREAM GLAZE BUT BARELY NOTICABLE ON THE CARTOUTES. THERE IS A BIT OF FRITTING ONE ONE OF THE OUTER SEAM MARKS & A SMALL HAIRLINE FROM MAINLY INNER RIM DOWN ABOUT 1 INCH; THERE A SMALL SLIGHTLY DARK STAIN MARK NEAR FOOT. ALL OF THIS APART FROM THE HAIRLINE WAS DONE IN THE MAKING. ALL THAT BEING SAID IT IS A VERY UNUSUAL VASE FOR IT TIME. I CANNOT IMAGINE THE DESIGN WAS TO SUCCESSFUL AT THE TIME DUE TO THE PROBLEM OF FIRING & MAKING THE SHAPE. THERE IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LION UNICORN MARK TO BASE DATES I WOULD SAY FROM 1820 TO 1880 FAB ITEM COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNT WHERE POSSIBLE