An attractive pair of Regency English porcelain spill vases, dating to around c.1820–1830, decorated in a rich Imari / chinoiserie palette with cobalt blue, iron red, pink, turquoise and gilt.

Each vase is of flared trumpet form on a raised circular foot, with a deep cobalt-blue foot band, gilt borders and hand-painted oriental garden-style ornament: urns issuing peacock feathers, flowering branches, leaves, scrolls and stylised landscape details. Both are marked underneath with the hand-painted pattern number 3710.

This pattern number is of particular interest as 3710 is associated with the Daniel / Spode overlap: Henry Daniel had close links with Spode before establishing his own concern, and this pattern is discussed in Daniel references while also being known on Spode-related wares. Ms Janis Rodwell, an authority on Spode, kindly informed me that these vases are a Daniel shape.

They display very well as a decorative pair: strong colours, elegant flared profiles, and a fine country-house Regency look.

Condition

Decorative antique condition.

There is rubbing and loss to gilding, especially around the rims and feet, with age-related surface wear. There is a short hairline crack to one vase lip and a star crack to the base of the other. There appears to be a blackened kiln shrinkage tear around the internal base of one vase.