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A PAIR OF SÈVRES-STYLE TURQUOISE-GROUND ORMOLU-MOUNTED VASES AND COVERS
Each of inverted pear shape on knopped socle, with domed cover and pine cone finial, raised on circular ormolu base with four cloven-hoof feet, the handles as satyr masks with vine wreaths, painted in muted colours with scenes of a nymph and cupid in a landscape reserved on the turquoise ground within gilt chased bands suspending foliate swags and pendents, the reverse similarly decorated with a barren landscape--12 5/8in. (32cm.) high (2)
Each of inverted pear shape on knopped socle, with domed cover and pine cone finial, raised on circular ormolu base with four cloven-hoof feet, the handles as satyr masks with vine wreaths, painted in muted colours with scenes of a nymph and cupid in a landscape reserved on the turquoise ground within gilt chased bands suspending foliate swags and pendents, the reverse similarly decorated with a barren landscape--12 5/8in. (32cm.) high (2)