after the 1839 design by Ivan Galberg, both of amphora form, veneered overall in cross-cut malachite, the brackets cast as Bacchic female masks, the handles terminating in scrolls applied with rosettes issuing spirals, fluted shoulders, flared neck and feet, on associated white-veined black marble pedestals, probably Italian, late 19th or early 20th century, both applied with an engraved plaque, one inscribed in English, the other in Italian, 'This Pair of Malachite Vases were given/ by the late Emperor Alexandra [sic] Nicholas/ Csar [sic] of Russia, to the King of Wurtenberg [sic]/ and afterwards became the property of/ Prince Lippe/ there are two similar pairs in existence,/one pair at Windsor Castle and the other pair/ at the Vatican./ they are of the Empire Period' Quantity: 2 height of vases 104cm, 41in., height of pedestals 111.5cm, 44in.
after the 1839 design by Ivan Galberg, both of amphora form, veneered overall in cross-cut malachite, the brackets cast as Bacchic female masks, the handles terminating in scrolls applied with rosettes issuing spirals, fluted shoulders, flared neck and feet, on associated white-veined black marble pedestals, probably Italian, late 19th or early 20th century, both applied with an engraved plaque, one inscribed in English, the other in Italian, 'This Pair of Malachite Vases were given/ by the late Emperor Alexandra [sic] Nicholas/ Csar [sic] of Russia, to the King of Wurtenberg [sic]/ and afterwards became the property of/ Prince Lippe/ there are two similar pairs in existence,/one pair at Windsor Castle and the other pair/ at the Vatican./ they are of the Empire Period' Quantity: 2 height of vases 104cm, 41in., height of pedestals 111.5cm, 44in.
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