A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND BLACK-PAINTED CAST-IRON VASES, ON PEDESTALS

A PAIR OF FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND BLACK-PAINTED CAST-IRON VASES, ON PEDESTALS
CAST BY ALFRED CORNEAU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each vase with overhanging foliate rim, above a baluster body cast with scrolling cartouches and applied with a pair of scrolled handles, on spreading foliate-cast scrolled foot, the pedestals with gadrooned rim and sides cast with ribbon-tied foliage, on stepped vine-cast base, the interior of the vases stamped CORNEAU ALFRED/A CHARLEVILLE NO 1, the pedestals similarly stamped to the bases and numbered 5
64¾ in. (164.5 cm.) high, overall (2)