A FINE PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED SAMSON FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN COVERED URNS France, circa 1880s

finely mounted with mercury-gilded bronze, one handle signed MILLET.

Florence Slitine, Samson Genie de L'imitation, Paris 2002, p. 167, for a Samson vase of this model described as "pot à tabac Lelong"

Overall in good condition. The mounts with minor nicks, scatches and scattered oxidation point consistent with age and use. One lid with evidence of an earlier repaired break.
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A single vase of this model sold Sotheby's, Paris, 'Collection Léon Levy:  Important Mobilier et Objets d'Art,' lot 12, sold for 24,750 EUR