A Pair of French Enamel Miniature Vases, Circa 1800-20. The miniature vases with a circular bulbous base and long neck have a flared foot with applied enamel balls imitating pearls which are also seen on the interior of the neck. The white ground has scattered gold flower-heads and an oval blue enamel panel to each side with white enamel flowers.Upright smaller blue panels similarly decorated are on the neck. Height: 3 1/2 inches Reference: English Enamel Boxes from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, Susan Benjamin, ;pasge 86 for an illustration of a cassolette using a blue ground and stars.
Antique Porcelain & Pottery Antique Vases
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