A Carlton Ware 'Sketching Bird' vase, circa 1935-39, pattern 3890, with design attributed to Violet Elmer, the vase decorated with a fantastic jewelled bird flying before a gilded tree with weeping foliage and amidst a scattering of enamelled flowers, with a trailing wash of mauve and blue from the neck embellished with gilded lace upon a mushroom matte ground; backstamp and pattern numbers underside. Height 26 cm