A pair of French gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres style painted porcelain two-handled covered vases Paris, circa 1900

one cover removed to reveal a pseudo Sèvres mark.

Overall good condition; finials possibly later; probably once fitted as lamps, gilt-bronze bases drilled for electricity; the porcelain in good condition with wear and scratches and showing the shadow where gilt-bronze mounts have shifted to the base; some light wear to the gilding; the gilt-bronze with some areas of oxidation, light tarnishing and wear.
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