A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted onyx covered vases French, early 20th century

each surmounted by a budform finial above an athenian collar and flanked by scrolled handles draped in husk swags, supported on a foliate socle on a square base.

Overall good condition; the onyx with very minor chips and wear to the edges and with some minor scratches to the surface; the gilt-bronze cleaned and now with traces of dirt, pitting, minor tarnishing; the onyx bases each with a chanel to the underside possibly for an electric cord; possibly once fitted for electricity.
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