A Royal Worcester porcelain 'Limoges Enamels'-Decorated vase, dated 1877, the enamel decoration by Thomas John Bott, of elegant baluster shape on a circular foot with a pair of restrained handles to the shoulder and sides, cobalt blue ground with gilt borders throughout, the front with a gilt-framed cartouche finely decorated in white enamel with a winged muse amidst clouds, signed and dated 'T.J.B. 77.' lower right, the reverse with a winged putto as a sculptor, impressed number 13 underside without a factory mark, 23.5 cm high. Other notes: while the vase lacks any mark indicating its maker, Bott's dating of his decoration of it places it within his period at the Worcester factory.. Condition: Repair visible to base of body and top of foot and two fine vertical hairline cracks extending upwards from repair