A Minton floral vase, circa 1832-35, decoration attributed to Thomas steel, an urn of unrecorded shape with gilded and scrolling pierced handles from the rim to lower body, moulded gadroons to the rim, collar and lower section above a fluted pedestal and square base, superbly painted with an informal and richly coloured arrangement of flowers and fruits upon a grey and lemon ground, loose sprays and sprigs to the neck, unmarked, height 20 cm