These impressive vases, of wine-krater form inspired by the celebrated Borghese and Medici antiquities, are embellished with Bacchic goat-heads and bas-reliefs of festive youths in a triumphal procession riding on goats and panther-drawn chariots. The overall form and Bacchic relief ornament of these vases relates to silver designs executed around 1810 by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (d. 1823).

The crisp quality of the chasing and overall design of these vases also closely relates to the work of the celebrated bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). A very similar pair of vases signed by Thomire was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 7 December 1983, lot 1803.