Pair of Continental Yellow and Gilt Toleware Urns

French or Italian, 19th century, comprising a marquise form dual handled urn with removable finial cover, decorated in Empire style palmette medallion and gilt foliate motifs on an ochre painted ground, over a spreading rectangular weighted base, unmarked.

7 x 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Colfax, North Carolina

Purchased from Caroline Faison Antiques, Greensboro, North Carolina

Later gilt and paint decoration; some scattered paint losses and surface wear.

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