Eugène Cornu and Marbres d’Onyx d’Algerie A pair of French Chinoiserie style gilt-bronze, onyx and enamel vases circa 1875-80

each with dragon head-cast handles and applied champlevé enamel decoration, both sided to the rim E. CORNU. B^{vart des ITALIENS 24.}

Overall in good condition. Tarnishing to gilt-bronze. Minor scratches to onyx. One with rim and liner unscrewed and both with oxidation points to gilt-bronze rim. Some chips to enamel with traces of restoration.
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For a note on Eugène Cornu, please see lot 95.