Pair of Aesthetic Movement style vases attributed to Christopher Dresser for Old Hall Earthenware Ltd circa 1880. Decorated with elephants applied on the sides and gilded, colorful motifs of flowers and plants and a fan with Far Eastern characters on a cracked beige background inspired by Japanese raku ceramics.
An identical pair of vases in C.W. Dresser People's Designer 1834-1904, H Lyons & C Morley, 1999, No. C-188.