A fine Spode Copeland Aesthetic movement covered vase, circa 1880s, the baluster urn with flying scroll handles and mascaron mounts, the lid with a tambourine playing cupid, finely enamel decorated with red crested cranes and bamboo to the blue mottled ground, and with perspective cube gilt decoration to the pedestal foot and neck; Copeland Spode marks underside, height 47.5 cm