A pair of Italian carved giltwood vases with silvered and silvered-metal flowers in Baroque style

In overall good conserved condition. These are also painted to simulate bronze. Old restorations generally and a recent glue repair and chip to the socle of one. The acanthus leaf at the front of the vase and on the handle of both vases have been restored. Three of the flowers on one ornament are not attached with a metal thread but are on springs.
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