A pair of Minton pâte-sur-pâte vases 1870

each decorated in white on a celadon slip ground, by Marc Louis Solon, monogrammed MLS, one with a maiden carrying a vase of flowers around which are flying three cherubs, the other with a maiden carrying a candle similarly attended by cherubs, each between a gilt-patterned mauve-edged blue slip border around the rim, handles and the foot and extending up the back of each vase, impressed MINTON, year cypher and shape number 487.

Both are in good condition: Each has a very minor small black glaze speckle (visible in the catalogue illustration) to the right of one figure and to the left of the other, about 2 inches up from the base. The vase on the right has a very minor 1/4 inch firing fault upon which the gilding has slightly misfired.
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