A rare pair of Spode stone china vases c.1820

A rare pair of Spode stone china vases c.1820, the globular bodies painted in the Kakiemon manner with exotic birds standing beside ornamental fences and flowering branches, the tall necks with further long-tailed birds in flight, each vase applied with two tall serpent handles, some damages and repairs, 30.2cm. (2)

Provenance: Alfred Gresham Copeland, Robert Copeland (1925-2010), and thence by descent.

Exhibited: Spode Bicentenary Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1970 and Northern Ceramic Society, Hanley Museum, 1989.

Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. 379-1899 for a similar vase gifted in memory of Josiah Spode.