MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES - HENRI GILLET (ACTIVE AT SÈVRES FROM 1898 TO 1927) DECOR DESIGNER Vase d'Angers, the form designed by Henri-Ernest Brecy circa [1897], our proofs made in 1909. Pair of very large baluster vases with slightly flared necks. Proofs in porcelain (hard paste); the decoration on each vase is polychrome on a green and pink marbled ground. Neck and base rims finished in gold. The bottoms each have a large hole for a mounting; the vases have probably never been mounted. Each vase marked with two stamps inside the neck; one triangular S 1909 and the other circular R. F. Decorated in SÈVRES 1909. Height: 58cm Bibliography: Under the direction of Alex Sandier, introduction by Georges Lechevallier-Chevignard - Les cartons de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres; époque moderne - Éditions Ch. Massin, Paris, 1914. Reproduction of the color drawing of our vase on plate 22.