An exhibiton quality pair of 19th century Sevres style ormolu mounted porcelain lidded vases late 19th century, each of baluster form, with multiple panels and gilt moulded highlights on a bleu-Nouveau ground, the cover tapered and rising to a lobed and tasselled knop, the body beginning with a collar of Greek key motifs above applied laurel styled swags and below encircling the girth a series of twelve miniature portraits depicting French Royal court dignitaries, the first vase the court of Henri IV and the second vase