Agate vases

Rare and exceptional pair of vases covered in agate and blood-red jasper.
Tiered base with cut sides accentuated by a frieze of pearls.
Baluster-shaped, with a very finely engraved and gilded bronze trim adorned with female heads sheathed in acanthus leaves and drapery supported by a base of foliage and flowers.

English work around 1850. Period of Napoleon III.