Pair of chestnut vases; Chestnut vase; round; with openwork band with swans; The round vase rests on an octagonal right-walled base. The curved; rejuvenating foot has a multi-curved bottom edge over which runs a vertically ribbed band; and is closed at the top by a second vertically ribbed band. The smooth; egg-shaped body with lid is adorned along the upper edge of the barrel with a loose open-worked edge with swans on either side of fountains and volutes with leaves and flowers that is clamped around the vase. The lid knob has the shape of a printed sphere on a stylized rosette; on which sits a swan with spread wings and head turned to the left; water-birds: swan; Fa. Bennewitz en Zonen; Amsterdam; 1822; silver (metal); h 29.8 cm x d 13.8 cm x w 880 gr