A PAIR OF ENGLISH TWO-HANDLED PORCELAIN VASES WITH MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES OF VENUS AFTER RICHARD WESTALL

A PAIR OF ENGLISH TWO-HANDLED PORCELAIN VASES WITH MYTHOLOGICAL SCENES OF VENUS AFTER RICHARD WESTALL (BRITISH 1765-1836), PROBABLY BARR, FLIGHT AND BARR, WORCESTER, FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY

of slim ovoid form, gilt overall except for the central registers, with white beaded borders at the base of the neck, the handles formed as winged caryatids, tooled throughout, the central registers depicting Venus with cupids, inscribed above Venus et les Amours on one, Les amours trainant aux pieds de Venus de sanglier qui tua Adonis on the other, the obverse reading Le Triomphe de Venus and Le Feu d'Amour par Venus elevee sur une nue, mounted atop later plinths; height not including plinths: 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.)

CONDITION
The vases are in overall good condition. Minor scuffs and scratches to the gilt in places (for example to the bands of text). Upper registers apparently re-gilt. The handles replaced. Inspection under UV light shows variance in the color of Venus' toga in both central images.

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