A PAIR OF NAPOLÉONIC SÈVRES STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED IMPERIAL GREEN-GROUND LIDDED VASES Paris, circa 1900

in glorification of Napoléon I and Josephine, the front of each urn separately marked with an N and a J, each within a laurel wreath beneath a crown, flanked by fruit-filled cornucopia and imperial eagles, the back similarly decorated with an eagle within an open laurel wreath, the vase flanked by Retour d'Egypte style gilt bronze female figures, one lid with a pseudo Sèvres mark M. Imp ^{le de ...vres.}

Daniel Alcouffe and al., Gilt-Bronze in the Louvre, Éd. Faton, Dijon, 2004, pp. 229-229 . 

Overall in good condition.
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The 18th century pair of vases, currently at the Louvre Museum under the inventory number (OA 5213) were supplied by the marchands-merciers Darnault Frères for Mesdames Adélaide and Victoire, daughters of Louis XV for their Château de Bellevue. The vases were supplied in July 1782 with rocaille mounts over Chinese celadon porcelain and  later, following the request of the princesses on June 17, 1786, the mounts were replaced to their current design embellished with seated Egyptian figures.