A pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Bardiglio marble vases partially remounted, lacking candle branches

each with a lip fitted with gadrooned ormolu mounts, the body with voluted ormolu handles cast with acanthus and swags, the foot fitted with an ormolu laurel wreath, the base mounted with ormolu beading.   

Minor chips to marble; not extensive. Previously with further mounts and candle branches; now with scattered drill holes to marble where mounts used to be. Ormolu handles later. Ormolu with rubbing at edges; most to lip mounts. In good condition.
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