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Spill vase
Spill-vase, thickly potted bone china, standing on a waisted spreading foot, slightly flaring cylindrical sides, wides flaring mouth with flat rim, beaded bands around the lower body and shoulder; painted in polchrome enamels with to one side of the body a rural scene showing a male figure carrying an axe and a small keg and the figure of a small boy carrying a bundle of sticks in front of a notice board and a wooden fence with trees in the background, the scene enclosed within a gilt frame issuing stylized gilt foliage, to the other side of the body a large elaborate motif in gilt of stylized scrolling foliage, gilt bands to the foot, the lower body, the shoulder, the neck and the rim.