Details
Each of tapering cylindrical form on a stepped circular base and raised on three winged putti head supports, the upper rims applied with a band engraved with scrolling foliage, further applied at the mid-points with bands engraved GRANDE SANT' BONHEUR PARFAIT / MONTJOYE! SEIGNEUR DE LANJOUBET and QUE DIEU TE DONNE EN SA PUISSANCE / ESPRIT BONTE REJOUISSANCE, the lower bodies applied with a shield topped by a winged putto head and chased with a coat-of-arms of three lions all suspended from a rope-twist band, marked on base rim twice with maker's mark
2218 in. (56.2 cm.) high
307 oz. (9,548 gr.)
Provenance
Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Baronet (1814-1900), thence by decent.
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A nearly identical pair of vases marked with a fleur-de-lys and maker's mark LIL were sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 30 June - 1 July 2009, lot 553.

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