A Royal Worcester urn vase, squat circular shape decorated with a highly sculpted encircling band with four cartouches with grotesque masks in high relief in sections with paired dolphin and entwined foliage in between, raised on a socle plinth base, the body decorated with 'jewelled seaweed' pattern, re-gilded at the mouth. Printed and incised factory marks, c.1886. Height 18 cm