INCISED DIHL. TO ONE SIDE OF EACH GILT-BRONZE BASE, CIRCA 1800

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED DIHL TORTOISE-SHELL FLAMBÉ VASES
Incised Dihl. to one side of each gilt-bronze base, circa 1800
Each of elongated baluster form, the everted gilt-bronze collar as overlapping leaves chased with variant textures, the thin scroll handle issuing from a leaf at the shoulder, a scroll and anthemion terminal below, the join of socle to vase with a gilt-bronze ring, the foot with chased wreath mount and raised on a square base
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high (2)

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The present pair of subtly mottled olive-brown flambé vases is typical of the fine quality of wares being produced in Paris at the workshop of Dihl & Guérhard (previously the duc d'Angoulême's factory). See Regine de Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et Porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe-XIXe Siècles, Paris, 1995, p. 96-97, figs. 64 & 65 and pp. 150-151, fig 138 for other vases with similar faux-hardstone surfaces and for the portrait of M. Dihl, painted on a Sèvres plaque by Le Guay and depicting a vase with a faux tortoiseshell ground on the sitter's desk.