Pair large Sevres style jars, ex Duke of Newcastle

18th/19th c., parcel gilt and polychrome painted porcelain, consisting of two cylindrical lidded containers on triangular stands, each decorated with figural and game bird reserves on a puce fish scale scale ground, one jar marked with underglaze model number "284/9", both stands with affixed paper labels reading "Midland Counties Art Museum / Nottingham Castle / lent by The Duke of Newcastle / date 1879", each 16"h x 8.5"dia (total)
Condition: Good/Fair, possibly some old restoration and paint retouching to bases, a few hairlines visible to interior bowls, scattered gilt rubbing - **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.