Monumental Cobalt Blue Vincennes-Sèvres vases with the double L royal cypher enclosing Date-Letter E or F painted and signed by G. Poitevin with covers of kissing doves, dedicated "Offert par le Duc de Richelieu à la princesse de Lamballe" .The lyre-handles are surmounted by an angel holding a tasseled rope, the base cast with tasseled drapery and the shield with three Fleurs de Lys associated with French monarchy, specifically the House of Bourbon .
The Vases have been acquired by the Sammakieh family from a castle in Spain around 1939 and were shipped to Beirut at the end of world war II and have been in their possession ever since.
They are in perfect condition .
Height: 145 cm
Perimeter is 140 cm.