A PAIR OF PARIS TWO-HANDLED IVORY AND PLATINUM GROUND VASES
A PAIR OF PARIS TWO-HANDLED IVORY AND PLATINUM GROUND VASES

IRON-RED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR J.E. CALDWELL & CO., CIRCA 1880

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A PAIR OF PARIS TWO-HANDLED IVORY AND PLATINUM GROUND VASES
IRON-RED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR J.E. CALDWELL & CO., CIRCA 1880
Each of baluster form with two scroll handles, decorated in the Japonisme aesthetic with a bird in flight before flowering plants and prunus branches, below overlapping asymmetrical mons painted with prunus flower, butterflies and oriental fans tied with ribbon below a stylised stiff-leaf and strap-work border, on four splayed feet enriched in cobalt-blue and raised gilt lines
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high (2)