A 19TH CENTURY MINTON PORCELAIN 'NEW VASE', CIRCA 1838-40 of Rococo form with scrolling acanthus handles, the scrolling lip with gilt decoration over the long neck and urn shaped body, raised on a spreading faceted foot with acanthus corners, the pink ground with gilt decoration enclosing panels depicting exotic pheasants to one side and a floral spray to the other, with a cartouche below with further floral arrangements, 33.5cm high For a vase of the same shape, see Geoffrey Godden, Minton Porcelain of the First Period, pl. 122