A large collection of the second half of the 19thC 'Vieux Paris' porcelain vases, consisting of a pair of large 'bleu celeste' ground vases, decorated with roundels filled with flowers and both flanked by a biscuit figure of a romantic couple - two pair of floral-shaped vases, one pink ground and with hand-painted flower decoration, the other blue ground and with flower relief decoration - a matching 'bleu royal' ground vase, the hand-painted central roundel depicting a gallant scene of a dog protecting his owners from a snake (marked), H 38,5 - 57 cm. Added: a pair of Japonism inspired vases, with Neoclassical handles and hand-painted roundels with chicks, late 19thC, H 33,5 cm