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LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE NAPOLEONIC GILT GREEN-GROUND VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each oviform, the domed fluted cover with pinecone finial, the shoulder applied with Egyptian herms as handles, their legs splitting into acanthus and foliate scrolls suspending bunches of grapes, a ribbon-tied bunch of fruit suspended from the central split, the lower portion applied with a band of lotus blossoms, the green ground gilt at the shoulder with confronting winged sphinxes centering a thyrsus, the front lower portion with foliate scrolls supporting eagles and flanking cornucopiae centering a crowned wreath enclosing a dancing bacchante, the reverse with a Napoleonic within a wreath and similar cornucopiae, the separate socle set within an ormolu wreath and raised on a square stepped base, the green-ground gilt at each corner with foliate scrolls
28¼ in. (71.7 cm.) high (6)
LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each oviform, the domed fluted cover with pinecone finial, the shoulder applied with Egyptian herms as handles, their legs splitting into acanthus and foliate scrolls suspending bunches of grapes, a ribbon-tied bunch of fruit suspended from the central split, the lower portion applied with a band of lotus blossoms, the green ground gilt at the shoulder with confronting winged sphinxes centering a thyrsus, the front lower portion with foliate scrolls supporting eagles and flanking cornucopiae centering a crowned wreath enclosing a dancing bacchante, the reverse with a Napoleonic within a wreath and similar cornucopiae, the separate socle set within an ormolu wreath and raised on a square stepped base, the green-ground gilt at each corner with foliate scrolls
28¼ in. (71.7 cm.) high (6)