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CIRCA 1850
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a pair of paris gilt floral two-handled vases
Circa 1850
The facetted blue-ground bodies with floral cartouches surrounded by scrolls, scrolling vines and grapes, the black lower parts with orange and blue raised 'jewels' alternating flower sprays, the flared upper parts with scrolling foliage and dentilled rims, the loop handles issuing from bearded masks, on facetted stems and stepped square bases
43.5 cm. (17 1/8 in.) high (2)
Circa 1850
The facetted blue-ground bodies with floral cartouches surrounded by scrolls, scrolling vines and grapes, the black lower parts with orange and blue raised 'jewels' alternating flower sprays, the flared upper parts with scrolling foliage and dentilled rims, the loop handles issuing from bearded masks, on facetted stems and stepped square bases
43.5 cm. (17 1/8 in.) high (2)