Paire de seaux à glâce ornithologiques de Paris, circa 1810

A pair of Paris porcelain ornithological ice buckets, circa 1810

Each raised on four gilt paw feet with sphinx terminals, painted on each side with a river landscape vignette depicting pairs of ducks, titled within the landscape: 'Le Canard sifleur/ huppé', 'La Sarcelle de Java', 'Le Canard Sauvage', 'Le Cravant', and labelled male or female, respectively, above an iron-red-ground band with gilt classical borders, applied with two gilt scroll handles, 28.2cm across handles; 13.2cm high (one paw foot broken off, rims worn and with some flat chips, interiors worn and slightly discoloured) (2)

One of the paw feet is broken off. There are small spots of wear to the gilding on the toes of all the paw feet, and to the breasts and faces of the sphinxes.
There is some rubbing to the gilding on the tops of the handles, and one small flat chip to one handle.
The gilt borders (and red bole beneath) around the rim are worn and flaking in places.
There are several small flat chips around the top and inside edges of the rims, and one larger flat chip (2.5cm) to the inside edge of one rim.
There is some discolouration overall to the insides.
Otherwise generally in good condition.