Large Antique English Morley & Ashworth 'Mason's' Ironstone Pottery Angel Vase, 1862 Decorative Arts A rare & important pair

A rare & important pair of carved 19th century stone temple guards in good condition

" Acrylic on Paper over Wood Panel

13" long X 9

the bowl of flared form having twin handles with fleur de lis decoration standing on a low foot and stamped to the base with the head of Mercury and the maker's marks

Large Antique English Morley & Ashworth 'Mason's' Ironstone Pottery Angel Vase, 1862 Decorative Arts A rare & important pairRare, antique, large 19th century exhibition ironstone pottery vase by Morley & Ashworth, for the 1862 International Exhibition. Morley & Ashworth had taken over the designs of Mason's Ironstone, after the pottery had fallen into bankruptcy. The vase having a gilded top with twin handles modeled as dolphins sea serpents, the blue ground decorated with scrolling gilded foliate. To the center of the vase is a winged angel holding two of the foliate