Hand-painted Royal Worcester Highland Cattle Vase

A large Royal Worcester two handled vase, hand painted by E.…
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A large Royal Worcester two handled vase, hand painted by E. Townsend, of ovoid shape with gilt embellished acanthus moulded handles issuing from the shoulder, gilt trumpet neck with gadrooned rim conforms with the pedestal foot, painted to the front with an extensive landscape of three Highland cattle grazing by the river in misty surroundings, the reverse painted with a vignette of the moor, signed, shape 1969. Height 32 cm.

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  • Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
  • Acanthus - A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture, derived from the genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Mediterranean area. It is a common element in classical Greek and Roman design, and is often seen in Corinthian and Composite order columns and used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.

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