A Vienna-style vase-on-stand and cover late 19th/early 20th century

painted by F. Dörft, signed, on either side of the shield-shaped body with 'Capitulation of Madrid' after Antoine Jean Gros or 'Napoleon Signing his Abdication at Fontainebleau' after François Bouchot, with a green velvet-covered oval base affixed with a silver plaque addressed to the constitutional president of Mexico, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, pseudo shield mark in blue, printed Austria Vienna mark, inscribed titles. 4 pieces.

Where the vase is connected to the base, there is some regilding and plaster-filled areas, possibly to stabilize the bolted vase and the base. Otherwise in generally good condition.
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio served as the Constitutional President of United Mexican States between 1930 and 1932, to whom this vase was most likely presented as a diplomatic gift in Chapultepec, Mexico, on May 17, 1930. The inscription on the plaque reads: "AFECTO GRATITUD/ AL C. PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA/ ING. PASCUAL ORTIZ RUBIO/ LA SRIA PARTICULAR Y SUS DEPENDENCIAS/ CHAPULTEPEC, 17-V-1930.'