A PAIR OF MINTON PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS
DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND FURTHER IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED EDOUARD RISCHGITZ
Based on a variation of the Sèvres model vase console, the ovoid bodies painted to both sides with scenes of peasants and livestock in landscapes within a gilt border and further oeil-de-perdrix ground, with furled acanthus handles and ribbon-tied reeded upper rim, the scole formed of acanthus above a gilt foot painted with white fluting, the domed covers similarly with acanthus and with pinecone finials
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
A PAIR OF MINTON PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS
DATE CYPHER FOR 1864, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND FURTHER IMPRESSED CYPHERS, SIGNED EDOUARD RISCHGITZ
Based on a variation of the Sèvres model vase console, the ovoid bodies painted to both sides with scenes of peasants and livestock in landscapes within a gilt border and further oeil-de-perdrix ground, with furled acanthus handles and ribbon-tied reeded upper rim, the scole formed of acanthus above a gilt foot painted with white fluting, the domed covers similarly with acanthus and with pinecone finials
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
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