Christopher Dresser for Ault; A Pair of Aesthetic Movement Art Pottery Twin Handled Vases c.1883 sub-Antiques closely comparable bells are now

closely comparable bells are now most often recorded in Australian “Convict Relics” sales

the style of the band around the heel is straight and the presence of the button on the terminals indicate that these spurs date to somewhere within the mid to late 17th century

surviving from a monastery or church ground from nineteenth century France

A superb quality frame and a rather bonkers fabric makes this piece hard not to notice

There is some other chipping and discolouration as per the photographs

Christopher Dresser for Ault; A Pair of Aesthetic Movement Art Pottery Twin Handled Vases c.1883 sub-Antiques closely comparable bells are nowOrigin: English Period: Aesthetic Movement Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1883 Heights: 9. 5 & 9. 25 Diameters: 6 at handles or 3. 5 at bases The wonderfully decorative pair of vases of footed ovoid form, being relief moulded with Chinese inspired geometric and lappet bands, two dog of fo head handles to each and glazed in jade green to pineapple yellow, fashioned by Christopher Dresser (1834 1904) for Ault Pottery in the high Victorian period. The