A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN CLARET-GROUND POT-POURRI VASES AND DOMED COVERS, the slender tapering bodies painted by Raoul with maidens and cherubs holding flowers emblematic of Spring within elaborate gilt scroll and trellis-pattern cartouches surmounted by quivers of arrows and enriched in cream and green, the reverses with watery landscapes within gilt palm-frond cartouches, the covers with gilt trophies, mounted in metal with artichoke finials, pierced rims, cherub-mask handles and flared feet (covers restored, minor glaze cracks), artist's signature, imitation blue interlaced L mark, circa 1880

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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN CLARET-GROUND POT-POURRI VASES AND DOMED COVERS, the slender tapering bodies painted by Raoul with maidens and cherubs holding flowers emblematic of Spring within elaborate gilt scroll and trellis-pattern cartouches surmounted by quivers of arrows and enriched in cream and green, the reverses with watery landscapes within gilt palm-frond cartouches, the covers with gilt trophies, mounted in metal with artichoke finials, pierced rims, cherub-mask handles and flared feet (covers restored, minor glaze cracks), artist's signature, imitation blue interlaced L mark, circa 1880
20½in. (52cm.) high (2)

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