Object Description
An Important Pair of Napoleon III Sèvres Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Cobalt Blue Porcelain Vases With Arms for the Royal House of Bourbon.
Of exceptional quality this striking pair of vases are of urn shape with a central gilt-bronze band and finely cast scrolling acanthus cast arms, each vase is embellished in gilt tooling with a coat of arms for the Royal house of Bourbon, with trumpet shaped necks with stiff-leaf gilt-bronze borders and surmounted by a domed lid with a foliate cast finial; raised on circular socles with gilt acanthus leaf decoration put down on square section bases embellished with floral sprays.
The House of Bourbon is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma. Louis IX’s grandson was the first duke of Bourbon, whose descendants would later become Kings of France. There were five Bourbon monarchs: Henry IV (ruled 1589–1610); Louis XIII (ruled 1610–1643); Louis XIV (ruled 1643–1715); Louis XV (ruled 1715–1774); and Louis XVI (ruled 1774–1792)
French, Circa 1870.