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A pair of 'Sèvres' style gilt-metal-mounted two-handled vases and covers, late 19th century
each painted with a classical scene of maidens, putti and dolphins within a gilt scroll frame, the reverse painted with a cartouche of summer flowers against a turquoise ground, the sides applied with female mask and acanthus-leaf handles, each rim with beaded, pierced and foliate border, the domed cover with a fruit-filled urn finial, raised on an octagonal foot headed by a band of acanthus-leaf and scroll-work, restorations, hairline cracks, some loss to the gilding and turquoise ground, 78cm high