A PAIR OF MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED BLUE-GROUND PORTRAIT VASES, CIRCA 1800, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARKS, PUCE PAINTED INVENTORY NUMBERS 1739 S.M. TO ONE AND 1740 S.M. TO THE OTHER

A PAIR OF MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED BLUE-GROUND PORTRAIT VASES
CIRCA 1800, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND STAR MARKS, PUCE PAINTED INVENTORY NUMBERS 1739 S.M. TO ONE AND 1740 S.M. TO THE OTHER
Each painted with an oval portrait panel, one with Anthony of Saxony (1755-1836), King of Saxony, the other with his first wife, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy (1764-1782), one applied with a paper label R. Palazzo - Torino / No.1740 / S.M.

9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

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