A VICTORIAN 'NEO-CLASSICAL' GILT-METAL VASE AND COVER, CIRCA 1880, The part-reeded body with floral arabesques and oval vignettes of Apollo and Venus and with a rosette and guilloche band to the neck , the domed cover with spiral-fluting, on a stepped plinth of white-veined black marble, 18 ? in. (47 cm.) high