A SÈVRES STYLE PARCEL GILT AND POLYCHROME PAINTED BLEU CELESTE GROUND COVERED VASE, LATE 19TH CENTURY, of vasiform with sides centering a shaped reserve enclosing a shepherdess and her companion bagpipe musician seated in a bucolic setting, signed "Poitevin", within a border of gilt floral clusters and conforming berrried foliate stems trim reversing to a similarly shaped reserve depicting rural buildings beneath shade trees and a meandering stream in the distance, flanked by scrolling foliate molded handles centering a waisted neck beneath a bound reeded rim and surmounted by a conforming domed lid with gadrooned details enclosing tapering flowering vine above berried laurel trim, raised on an acanthus detailed socle and canted rectangular plinth. Height: 19 3/8" Width: 9 5/8" Depth: 8"