A Pair of Mintons Tetes D' Elephant Porcelain Vases Circa 1876 Each of baluster form, centred by a figural cartouche and an opposing foliate still life on a cobalt blue ground, the neck with applied elephant mask heads, flanked by loop handles and applied gilt metal sconces, scroll feet, impressed factory marks and cypher mark for 1876, one with gilt retail mark for John Mortlock, Oxford St, Orchard St, London, (one damaged), 30 cm high