Lot 158: An impressive pair of French late 19th century ormolu-mounted and turquoise-ground porcelain ewers- after the pair of vases 'à monter Daguerre' attributed to Jean-Claude Thomas Chambellan Duplessis the younger (French, 1730 - 1783) and

after the pair of vases 'à monter Daguerre' attributed to Jean-Claude Thomas Chambellan Duplessis the younger (French, 1730 - 1783) and Charles-Antoine Cuvillier, Sèvres the urn-shaped bodies mounted with an upper berried collar embellished to each side with a mount in the form of a mask, one of the masks topped by a cushion and a naked nymph, leaning backwards to form the handle, her hands grasping a shell to the foliate-cast everted spout, the vase set upon a fluted and leaf-cast ormolu socle and a square plinth base with concave corners and match-strike cast sides, 47cm high (18.5" high) . (2)