A PAIR OF PALATIAL SIZE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE GROUND PAINTED PORCELAIN VASES PARIS, 20TH CENTURY

each painted by and signed M. Perret, the front with interior scenes of eighteenth century companions and the reverse with garden landscapes, the handles cast as seated women holding rose garlands, inscribed to both lids in underglaze blue Offert par le Duc de Richelieu / a la Princesse de Lamballe under inderlaced Ls and the letter S and with a pseudo Château des Tuleries mark. 

Overall in good condition. Slight tarnishing to gilt-bronze in places. Slight marks and scratches to painted panels. Original lids. No apparent restoration to ceramic body.
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