A Pair of Paris Porcelain French Empire Vases

1840s-1850s, having a gilt ground, each oval vignette hand-painted with a cavalier and his sweetheart flanked by swan handles, not marked.

Each 11 7/8 in.

From the Collection of Elizabeth Benoit, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, from 1852 to 1870.

Flaking and rubbing to the gilt otherwise good.