These pâte-sur-pâte porcelain vases boast an illustrious history, having most likely been designed at Sèvres for exhibition at the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle.
Each 16½in (42cm) high vase with Japanese-style decoration was made in 1867 by Leopold-Jules- Joseph Gely (1820-1893), the craftsman responsible for the invention of pâte-sur-pâte porcelain.