A large Berlin blue-ground topographical two-handled vase, circa 1849-70

of amphora form with gryphon handles (Französische form mit Greifenkopfhenkeln), each side painted with a circular panel, one side depicting the Wilhelmspalais in Berlin, the other Schloss Babelsberg near Potsdam, edged with gilt laurel wreaths and surmounted by a crown, the tall gilt neck and flared foot etched with a continuous band of foliage, on a square gilt base; together with a square ebonised wood base inscribed, Dono di S.M. L'Imperatore di Germania, Potsdam Li 4 Giugno 1822 (re-painting to blue ground, small repair to tip of one gryphon's ear)

Ground colour perhaps re-applied
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