Pair of Covered Vases

Wedgwood

20th century

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Box, glass
Candlestick at left side with figure of a boy on right surrounded by bocage
Porcelain figure of a lion with a tan coat, a grey nose, chartreuse-green eyes and an open mouth revealing an iron-red tongue, with a raised left forepaw, semi-recumbent on a mound base applied with yellow florettes and green leaves, mounted on a gilt bronze rococo scrollwork base.
Soft-paste porcelain candlestick comprised of a figural group featuring a male gardener with spade and his female companion holding a basket of flowers, both wearing hats, their clothing decorated in bright enamel colors, standing on a scrolled base highlighted in blue and puce, behind them a flowering tree that extends upward to become a single candleholder and bobeche in the form of petals and highlighted in green and puce.