Hoping for an id on this large vase

[5kazam]

It was suggested that it could be Melrose, but there doesn't seem to be any info that Melrose did windmills.  There also seem to be seahorses either side.

It is quite heavy, and obviously has age to it.

(It will take a few posts to get all the pics up - wish there was an easier way to get all up at the same time (or is there that I don't know about?))

[siddieswans]

Can't help with an identity but I would be pretty sure it's not Melrose. Melrose bases are not glazed, because the celluloid transfers with the Melrose name were applied to the biscuit before glazing; when the item was fired again the transfer was fired into the clay in the same manner as a glaze (I am paraphrasing Melrose Art Pottery by Greg Hill page 71.)

I was going to suggest Shelmar - they used glazes similar to Melrose and slip cast moulds that were often used well past their life expectancy producing poorly defined patterns (again according to Hill.) But apparently all Shelmar pots carried an incised pattern number on the base. Hill says there were a number of smaller potteries who tried to cash in on the popularity of the original and highly successful Melrose slip cast designs.

[5kazam]

Thanks very much (again) for your obvious knowledge on vintage pottery. Not my area, and so very reliant on others - much appreciated.
Rhonda