Mark Marshall for Doulton Lambeth

An Impressive Earthenware Vase with Grotesque Dragon Decoration in Relief, circa 1905

An Impressive Earthenware Vase with Grotesque Dragon Decoration in Relief, circa 1905
of slender baluster form in a rich blue glaze, a large dragon coils all the way around the shoulder of the vase, meeting a smaller infant dragon clinging to its tail, in pale brown and cream tones the dragons are both highly decorated with incised patterning and applied slip
42cm high, impressed lion and crown stamp, impressed number '6264' and 'ART UNION OF LONDON' to base, incised artist's monogram 'MVM' to body of vase