A superb Garniture of Minton Porcelain 'Devonshire' Vases decorated by Thomas Steel c.1835

A superb Garniture of Minton Porcelain 'Devonshire' Vases c.1835. The campana shaped vases with acanthus leaf moulding, raised on four lion's paw feet which have been solidly gilded, each vase decorated with a finely painted panel of flowers on a marble ledge by Thomas Steel, reserved on an apple green ground, the sides and reverse decorated with raised paste, tooled gilding with neoclassical motifs by Thomas Till. 

Marks: + sign on a circle in gold to the base of each vase.

This shape is named design number 71 'Devonshire Vase' in the Minton Ornamental Design Book. 

Measurements: The pair of vases are 12 cm high and 8.5 cm wide - The central vase is 14.5 cm high and 10 cm wide. 

Condition: Very good with just one handle on the left hand vase with has been broken and re-stuck back in place.