Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The tripod base also having

The tripod base also having floral enamel decorations and hard stone inset cabuchons

dated 1902

serpentine shaped writing table

a similar pair without the portrait miniatures and only 15" in height sold at Christies NY November 23rd 2010 lot # 69 for $7

or verses from the Qur'an

Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The tripod base also havingA large & wonderful pair of antique French Porcelain de Paris Darte Frres hand painted & gilded portrait vases, with scenes of dogs, and painted in the manner of Fragonard, circa 1810. The vases of baluster shape with a gold ground and hand painted with unusual panels of dogs (likely Brittany spaniels), one is seen rescuing a child after falling into the water with a toy boat, the other with a child & a dog fetching a hat from the water, the paintings