Pair of Sevres Style Porcelain Cassoulet Vases with Gilt Bronze Mounts. The Beaux Arts vases influenced by the style of Henry IV, gilt brass linings, the exteriors with faux gems of raised paste in deep red and white applied between gilt serpentine laurel leaves, and etc. The waists of both hand-painted with extensive scenes of children, animals in pets in rural backgrounds, ducks, windmill and bridge,s, signed by Pontreville. The painted landscapes signed in red enamel Pontreville. France. Circa 1890. 13 1/4" H. Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur Thomson, San Francisco, CA. {Condition: Both cassoulet covers cracked and professionally reglued and overpainted.}.