The porcelain body is decorated with one large painted and/or transfer printed reserve on either side. The front image pictures a scene with two lovers and six cherubs within an ornate gilt border. The initials "SD" or "SP" are partly visible along the base of this scene. The opposite side depicts a landscape with river & mountains within a simple gilt border. The vase is mounted on a octagonal bronze base with two bronze face and scrolled leaf form handles. The piece is signed with interlaced Sevres style mark in blue over glaze.

Dimensions: 14.5in. high, 8in. long, 5.5in. wide.

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Possibly modeled after a sculpture of Louise or Alexandra Brongniart. Biscuit porcelain bust on a cobalt blue and gilt Sevres-style porcelain stand. The stand is marked/impressed: "France" along the rim. The bust is marked/incised: "Houdon" along the back of the shoulder.

Dimensions: 13.5in. high, 7in. wide, 5in. deep.

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Dimensions: 23in. high, 11.25in. long, 10.5in. wide.

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The vase features a hand painted still-life scene with flowers in a teapot and is signed "Nicolai Cikovsky" along the front base. The underside of the vase is marked with incised artists palate mark with "SS" or "55" and three lines.

NICOLAI CIKOVSKY (American 1894-1987) was a Russian born painter who painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, flowers, beaches, rivers, and harbors. He was a pupil of Favorsky, Mashow. Studied: Vilna Art School, Russia, 1910-1914; Penza Royal Art School, 1914-1918; Moscow High Tech Art Institute, 1921-1923. Exhibitions: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1932-1949; National Academy of Design, New York, 1947-1949; Purchase Prizes: 1959, 1960, 1964, and Isaac N. Maynard Prize in 1964; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1932-1955, 1966; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; New York World's Fair, 1940; Art Institute of Chicago.

Dimensions: 10.8in. high, 5.6in. diameter.

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