Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The painting circa 1580

The painting circa 1580

The cupboard is in two sections the top section having hemispherical carvings representing a cut pineapple fruit

with portraits of notable figures such as the Duke of Wellington and the opera singer

They are a true pair facing each other and would have flanked either side of the temple door entrance

Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The painting circa 1580A 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