Harry Davis Royal Worcester Two Handle Vase
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A Royal Worcester two handle vase by Harry Davis, 1919, the ovoid vase with high set bracket handles with acanthus terminals and a moulded neck and base with shot colours picked out in gilt, decorated with a pastoral scene featuring a lad with two harnessed draft horses in a suffused landscape setting, signed H. Davis lower right, puce backstamp and shape number 2425 underside, 29.5 cm high
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- 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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