Vase commemorating the Commonwealth of Australia inauguration by H.R.H. the Duke of York, 1901 / Doulton Burslem England

One side of centre panel of vase shows portrait of Queen Victoria topped by royal crown and flanked by an Australian and a British soldier. The inscription below portrait reads: 'Australian Federation 1901'. This scene is duplicated on opposite side of vase. 

The inscription beneath one of the portraits of Queen Victoria reads: 'May the Union Between The Colonies And The Mother-Land, Now Cemented By Their Blood, Be For Ever Maintained [signed] Joseph Chamberlain'. 

Two interlocking portraits of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of York, separate the two portraits of Queen Victoria. 

Another two interlocking portraits of Sir Henry Parkes and John Hope, the Earl of Hopetoun, are on opposite side of vase. 

There is a floral design above and below centre panel and inside rim of vase. 

The base of vase has the trademark 'Doulton Burselm England', surmounted by a crown.

There is an envelope inside vase, addressed in a childish hand to 'Santa'.

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