114114NAPOLEON III SEVRES URNS MONUMENTAL PAIR PASCAULT
Napoleon III Sevres Urns. A Pair of important Sèvres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vases. Signed by J. Pascault. 34"H x 15"W at handles J. Pascault, a celebrated French decorator of porcelain put his name to some of the very finest works in the Sevres style in the late 19th Century. On this fantastically large vase he paints the ovoid body with a delicate and charming scene of a suitor embracingconversation in a romantic, garden setting. The reverse of the vase is painted with a pastel-toned scene of a palace garden lake with reeds. Paying homage to the elegant, whimsical Rococo style, the painted scenes.Vase features a socle base and waisted, flared neck and cover which are elegantly decorated with further gilt scrolls and flowers on a royal blue ground. The cover is surmounted by an ormolu pine cone finial, and the neck and base feature further mounted ormolu banding and beading and all is set upon an octagonal ormolu plinth. The painted sections are signed 'J. Pascault'.
Condition: Very Fine.

Very Fine. Careful black light examination finds no imperfections.