A pair of antique Victorian-style Parian porcelain vases. The vases are made in the shape of a hand holding a flower bud. Unmarked. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The Disembodied hand wares were popular in the Victorian Era. Parian ware is a type of biscuit porcelain imitating marble. It was developed around 1845 by the Staffordshire pottery manufacturer Mintons, and named after Paros, the Greek island renowned for its fine-textured, white Parian marble, used since antiquity for sculpture. Antique Figural Porcelain Vases, Table Wares, Home Decor, and Collectibles.

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