Thank you all for helping - it's much appreciated, I didn't get anywhere near that in my thoughts until you all stepped in (Keith - Heracles was the lead needed)
Christine, I had found this and wondered
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heracles_gets_the_Belt_of_Hippolyte,_Queen_of_the_Amazons.jpgand her hat does appear similar. So just to work out what the old man has to do with it now.
Ok, so any thoughts on country of origin now you've all worked so hard for me
I have searched for weeks on this and cannot match the shape, with Richardson being the only ones that are similar.
The enamelling doesn't look anything like any of the figural work they did which seemed to be a lot of transfers.
Mr Giller who decorated Webb vases could be another source, but his designs don't look anything like this either and I've not found a single Webb piece that looks anything like this.
The Davis Greathead and Green vases are hand enamelled also but again nothing like this.
I'm still leaning to Russian or Bohemian for the enamelling - perhaps the enameller worked in the UK at this time?. The shape of the vase pulls me back to the UK, but the colour of the opaline doesn't. On the other hand there is mention of Rice Harris producing a varied number of coloured opalines a well as Davis Greathead Green. Yet in all my internet searches over the years I see precious little coloured opalines identified as English (Richardson yellow opaline bottle shape springs to mind but that's it).
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