A Royal Worcester reticulated vase by George Owen, dated 1910, of tapering pear form with a slender neck, flanked by 'wishbone' handles terminating with loops of applied pearls, the shoulder and base of the neck moulded and pierced with acanthus leaves highlighted in gold, the body pierced with a wide band of graduated honeycomb beneath an intricate border of unique reticulation, the piercing highlighted with raised gold dots, a border of tooled gold ornament below, 16 cm high, gold mark, shape number H305, incised signature G Owen
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- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
- 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.
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