A very rare pair of Nantgarw vases
circa 1818-20
The shoulders applied with gilded dolphin handles, their tails coiled above their heads, the feet and rims moulded with leaves left in the white against the solid gilt borders, painted in London, probably in the Sims workshop, with spiralling garlands of flowers above a turquoise band edged with scrollwork in raised paste gold, gilded borders of rococo scrollwork below, 13.2cm high (one with handles broken and restuck, one with small section lacking, the other with a few small chips to the foot, some wear to the gilding) (2)
