A Sevres style porcelain and gilt bronze mounted Napoleonic vase with cover, late 19th century, signed 'H. Desprez', in the Louis XVI style, of slender ovoid form with cobalt blue and gilt narrow neck and domed cover, raised on spreading foot and canted corner square base, the sides painted with a continuous scene of advancing cavalry officers, standard bearers and foot soldiers at the battlefields, 80 cm high