Pair of Empire style ormolu and lapis lazuli vases

This pair of baluster form vases features lapis lazuli ovoid bodies and Empire style ormolu mounts. Each vase, raised above a square ormolu base with scalloped corners and an ormolu waisted socle, features a beautiful lapis lazuli body set with superb ormolu mounts, most strikingly the twin swan-neck handles set to the shoulders and joined by a highly ornate foliate garland. Each vase is topped with a pierced ormolu rim and set with an ormolu lid.

The vases, which were manufactured during the late 19^th Century, have benefited from a later lapis lazuli veneer.