manufacture de Sèvres A FINE PAIR OF NAPOLÉON III LOUIS XVI STYLE GILT BRONZE MOUNTED COBALT BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN LIDDED VASES Sèvres, France, dated 1868

the front decorated with painted cartouches of scènes gallantes, one of a lakeside and the other of a ruin, each vase with the red underglaze mark N beneath a crown and inscribed DECORÉ À SÈVRES and dated 68.  One lid restored.

Overall in good condition. This rare pair shows all the qualities expected from the Sèvres manufactory with finely-cast bronze mounts and painted decoration. Please note that these vases are not a perfectly matched pair. There is some variation between the raised gilt decoration that surrounds the painted cartouches between the two pairs. The lids are of slightly different heights.
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