A Royal Worcester dragon handled ewer, Royal Worcester, shape 1048, date code for 1885 the fine ewer of compressed form with an elaborately moulded gilt dragon handle, the body decorated in the Japanese taste with green-winged teals in flight over swamps at dawn upon an ivory ground, with gilt foliate enrichments, with printed green backstamp with date cypher for 1885, shape and registration numbers. Height 8.5 cm, diameter: 17 cm