A fine pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted bleu turquin marble cassolettes on pedestals Paris, circa 1870

Overall in good condition, with tarnishing to gilt bronze. Minor chips to edges of marble as consistent with age and use. One column has a larger chip to the molding beneath the faux cast drapery. This chip is approximately 1 3/4" in width.
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The design of the present pair of vases is based on an 18^th century Sèvres design, probably by Jean-Claude Dulpessis (op. 1745/8-74).  Sèvres made three shapes of this model, each in two sizes, shape A (circa 1764-1770(?)), shape B (circa 1779(?)-1782(?)) and shape C (circa 1780). Between 1764 and 1765 the vases were referred to as vases 'grec à rosasses' and 'feston grec à rosettes' and in 1779 as vases 'grecque rectifier'.