A pair of Berlin porcelain two-handled topographical vases circa 1900-1910

each painted on either side with a seascape or a landscape, signed T M, within a gilt border decorated with elaborate foliate scrolls in raised gilding, the neck and base with overlapping palmettes in raised gilding, affixed on either side with a rosette handle, red printed orb over KPM mark, sceptre mark in underglaze-blue and various numerals.

Both have a small circular hole to the side of the base, possibly drilled for electricity previously. One has a further associated small flat chip near the hole. Otherwise in good condition.
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Another vase of the same shape is illustrated in Erich Köllman and Margerete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, Bildband, p. 585, fig. 552 b. A similar vase was sold at Christie's Amsterdam, May 5, 2004, lot 307.