A pair of Mintons bone china vases, circa 1891-1902, painted by F. E. Bennett, signed, each narrow neck and shoulder decorated with gilt scale pattern above an elongated ovoid body, one painted with a half-length portrait of a young lady wearing leaves in her hair and a white shawl round her shoulders, the other with a half-length portrait of a young lady accompanied by a spaniel, brown printed factory mark to bases, height approx 15cm.