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CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH A PF MONOGRAM
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRENCH PÂTE-SUR-PÂTE DRUM-SHAPED VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1880, signed with a PF monogram
Each of drum-shape flanked by upright scroll and fixed ring handles, the neck moulded with spiral gadroons enriched with gilt, the body finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a putto either freeing a love bird or playing with a butterfly in flight within a canted rectangular surround, the reverse similarly decorated with a musical trophy, the foot cast with shields and pendant tassels
16¼in. (41.3cm.) high (2)
Circa 1880, signed with a PF monogram
Each of drum-shape flanked by upright scroll and fixed ring handles, the neck moulded with spiral gadroons enriched with gilt, the body finely painted and hand tooled in white slip with a putto either freeing a love bird or playing with a butterfly in flight within a canted rectangular surround, the reverse similarly decorated with a musical trophy, the foot cast with shields and pendant tassels
16¼in. (41.3cm.) high (2)