A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED LATER-DECORATED SÈVRES VASES, the bleu celeste grounds reserved on the drum-shaped bodies with cherubs among clouds, the reverses with flowers within gilt flower and palm-frond cartouches, the flared necks with garlands on a shaped white band, the lower bodies moulded with flutes delineated in white and enriched with gilt husks, mounted with bands cast with leaves at the rims, two foliate-scroll handles on supports cast with husks terminating in a collar at the lower body, on shaped-square bases cast with bands of leaves and beads, the porcelain 18th Century, the decoration and mounts circa 1840

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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED LATER-DECORATED SÈVRES VASES, the bleu celeste grounds reserved on the drum-shaped bodies with cherubs among clouds, the reverses with flowers within gilt flower and palm-frond cartouches, the flared necks with garlands on a shaped white band, the lower bodies moulded with flutes delineated in white and enriched with gilt husks, mounted with bands cast with leaves at the rims, two foliate-scroll handles on supports cast with husks terminating in a collar at the lower body, on shaped-square bases cast with bands of leaves and beads, the porcelain 18th Century, the decoration and mounts circa 1840
11in. (28cm.) high (3)

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