Two Neoclassical style ormolu and porcelain pot-pourri vases

The vases are built from dark blue ground porcelain and mounted with ormolu. They are set on square ormolu bases and ormolu socles decorated with acanthus leaf designs. Each vase is mounted with twin lions' head handles, which are joined together by drapery. The rims of the vases are mounted with wave-form ormolu and surmounted by lids with pinecone finials.

The present vases were made after a model by 18th Century painter and sculptor Jean Dulac (French, 1704-1786). They are very slightly different in size, each with the following dimensions:

Larger vase: Height 45cm, width 30cm, depth 25cm
Smaller vase: Height 43cm, width 29cm, depth 30cm