A Sèvres-style gilt-metal mounted vase and a cover

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A Sèvres-style gilt-metal mounted vase and a cover
the oviform body painted with a scene of Napoleon Bonaparte in battle within a seeded gilt oval panel below tied laurel branches on a claret ground, the neck monogrammed N within similar ornament, the reverse with a panel of a classical temple in landscape, the gilt metal handles formed as swans, with metal finial, rim, collar and foot -- 28½in. (72.3cm.) high (2)

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