A Pair of Portuguese Palissy-Style Trompe l'oeil Snake Handled Vases, Late 19th/Early 20th Century

A Pair of Portuguese Palissy-Style Trompe l'oeil Snake Handled Vases, Late 19th Century

with applied lizards and toads, on a shredded moss ground, impressed crowned marks for Caldas, Portugal

height 10 1/2 in.
26.7 cm

Condition Report:
In overall good appearance.
Minor restorations at extremities, one vase at a small loop of handle of snake tail, two lizard heads, foot rim chip. The other at four applied lizard heads.

Provenance:
Sotheby's New York, Decorative Arts from the Collection of Carter Burden, 18 October 2003, lot 201 (part)