Antique Victorian Watercolour York Minster & City Walls Framed Wedgwood

Antique Victorian Watercolour York Minster & City Walls Framed WedgwoodA good quality Victorian watercolour depicting York Minster, its twin western towers rising behind one of the city's medieval bars and barbican, with the ancient walls, rooftops and chimney stacks of the city below and a wooded foreground. The painting is accomplished and atmospheric, with careful handling of the Minster's gothic stonework, the weathered masonry of the gateway with its heraldic shields, and a soft cloud filled sky. Probably second

console or tea table

classic decanter form with intricate cut decoration

• Period: circa 1920s

minor frame scuffs

Both vases are marked with the Harrach signature

The focal point of this artwork is the round jasperware medallion

5 inches (6

5 inch) diameter gives the piece real presence

well-preserved black basalt jasperware teapot from this period

Collectors of animal‑shaped bottles

graphic statement piece for display

Duke of Gloucester