A group of three Vienna-style Napoleonic vases and a Meissen plate late 19th/early 20th century

comprising: a large beaker vase painted with a gilt-edged oval portrait panel of Napoleon I and various neoclassical and heraldic motifs in raised gilding beneath a pink-ground border suspending gilt floral swags, a pair of small cobalt-blue ground vases reserved with a portrait panel of the Emperor or Josephine and a Meissen reticulated plate painted in the center with the portrait of 'Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne' after Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, the vases with pseudo shield or Dresden marks in blue and inscribed titles 'Napoleon I', the plate with crossed swords mark and numeral I in blue.

The pair of small vases: Some minor wear to the gilt lines around the rim and around the foot. The plate: There is an approximate 1- 2 inch restored break to the pierced rim; the overspray extending around approximately around 1/3 of the rim. The restoration is well done.
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