TWO MINIATURE VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT PORTRAIT VASES, 'SEHNSUCHT' AND 'CONTEMPLATION'
TWO MINIATURE VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT PORTRAIT VASES, 'SEHNSUCHT' AND 'CONTEMPLATION'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, VARIOUS BLACK, IRON-RED AND GILT LETTERS AND NUMERALS, SIGNED TILZ AND PRELL, RESPECTIVELY

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TWO MINIATURE VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT PORTRAIT VASES, 'SEHNSUCHT' AND 'CONTEMPLATION'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, VARIOUS BLACK, IRON-RED AND GILT LETTERS AND NUMERALS, SIGNED TILZ AND PRELL, RESPECTIVELY
The first of barrel-form with burgundy-ground, finely painted with a bust length portrait of a scantily clad beauty within a circular gilt beaded surround, flanked by gilt scroll-handles, the reverse gilt with a flower-filled vase, on a conforming foot; the second of bottle form with fuschia-ground, the knopped neck flanked by intertwined-scroll handles, finely painted with a three-quarter length portrait of a brunette beauty within a beaded gilt oval surround and enriched with scattered flowers on a patterned ground
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) high, the first (2)

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