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N. Vivien is recorded as a meticulous painter of birds often in association with platinum grounds. His work was exhibited at the Paris Universelle Exposition of 1878.
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CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED B & CIE MARK, BROWN PAINTED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR CALDWELL OF PHILADELPHIA, SIGNED N. VIVIEN
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORNITHOLOGICAL PLATINUM-GROUND VASES
CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED B & CIE MARK, BROWN PAINTED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR CALDWELL OF PHILADELPHIA, SIGNED N. VIVIEN
Oviform, each finely enameled in the Japonisme taste with an exotic South American bird perched among branches and flowering vine, the reverse with a similar hanging vine, the rim, shoulder and spreading foot enriched in gilt, the footrim with black tracery
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1880, IMPRESSED B & CIE MARK, BROWN PAINTED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR CALDWELL OF PHILADELPHIA, SIGNED N. VIVIEN
Oviform, each finely enameled in the Japonisme taste with an exotic South American bird perched among branches and flowering vine, the reverse with a similar hanging vine, the rim, shoulder and spreading foot enriched in gilt, the footrim with black tracery
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high (2)