A pair of massive Vienna-style vases, covers and stands circa 1870

the ovoid form with waisted neck and everted rim, finely painted on each side with scenes from classical mythology of Venus with Cupid and nymphs, after Angelika Kauffmann, reserved on panels of gilt scrollwork on green, claret, yellow and lilac grounds applied with two twin serpent handles, the cylindrical pedestal with further mythological scenes, the cover with acorn finial