A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASES AND COVERS

A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORTRAIT VASES AND COVERS
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK 982, SIGNED J.G. DE MAILHAC
In the Sèvres style, each oviform vase flanked by bracket handles issuing laurel swags, finely painted in the manner of Greuze with a girl in a frilled cap holding either a ledger and basket or jug, within a chased gilt surround, the reverse with lush flower stems, on a beaded knop, laurel-molded socle and square base
14¾ in. (37.4 cm.) high (4)