Vases decorated in Dresden, circa 1900, each richly gilded vase and pedestal polychrome-decorated with framed vignettes of seated and standing couples in 18th-century costumes alternating with floral panels, both pedestals marked overglaze with gold script "Germany [and blue crown]/Dresden/11673", 19-1/2 in., [one vase has cracked and repaired foot, cracked and repaired handles and small chip on shoulder, the other in good condition, wear and scratches to gilding of both, both attached to pedestals] . Provenance: Collection of John McLeod, Vass, North Carolina