A pair of Portugese Palissy Ware vases: attributed to Manuel Mafra each of baluster form the handles modelled as snakes, with pierced neck and encrusted 'grassy' rims, the body applied with lizards, beetles and moths reserved on a brown ground, circa 1870-80, 32.5 cm high, [one extensively restored]. *Note Cf. 'Portguese Palissy Ware' Marshall Katz, page 52, plate 54 for an illustration of a similar vase