A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Vases and Covers, Circa 1880

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Gilt and Painted Porcelain Vases and Covers, Circa 1880

Each baluster vase decorated with gilt cartouches reserved on a dark blue ground incorporating court scenes, one vase depicting:

The Jealousy of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, alarmed at observing her entertained and delighted by David Rizzio, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani with script text: La Jalousie de Lord Darnley.

The other vase depicting:

The Duke of Northumberland offering the Crown to Lady Jane Gray, with script text:

Le Duc de Northumberland Offre Sa Couronne A Lady Jeanne Gray.

Each reverse decorated with an elaborate gilt cartouche incorporating mountainous landscapes centered by a castle.

Together with A Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Blue Porcelain and Green Onyx Mounted White Marble Square Pedestals, late 20th Century

Vases: height 42 1/2 in.; width 20 in.; depth 14 in.

108 cm.; 51 cm.; 35,5 cm.

Pedestals: height 43 1/4 in.; width 16 1/4 in.; depth 16 1/4 in.

110 cm.; 41.3 cm.; 41.3 cm.