A pair of Sèvres-style blue celeste cup-shaped vases with gilt metal mounts, painted in colours with couples wearing 18th Century dress in gardens, each reverse with a loose spray of fruit nad flowers within oval panels gilt with scrolling foliage issuing bouquets, on reeded stems above circular feet and square section bases, the gilt metal handles formed as leaves terminating in stiff-leaf bands, on stepped footed bases (some damages and wear), 19th Century -- 11¾in. high

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A pair of Sèvres-style blue celeste cup-shaped vases with gilt metal mounts, painted in colours with couples wearing 18th Century dress in gardens, each reverse with a loose spray of fruit nad flowers within oval panels gilt with scrolling foliage issuing bouquets, on reeded stems above circular feet and square section bases, the gilt metal handles formed as leaves terminating in stiff-leaf bands, on stepped footed bases (some damages and wear), 19th Century -- 11¾in. high

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