Antique French 19th C Pink Ground Sevres Style 3-Piece Pot-Pourri/Candelabra Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
The candelabras are called, vase à tête d'éléphant, which translates to elephant head vase.
Porcelain
Pair of 'Japonsime' Blue Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Especially appealing are the ‘tête d'éléphant’ gilt-bronze feet which are a motif of Barbedienne’s Japonisme creations and their design is credited to Édouard Lièvre (d.1886).
Ormolu
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H 27.96 in Dm 13.78 in
19th Century Japanese Kutani Porcelaine and Gilt Bronze Important Vase
Located in BRUXELLES, BE
Socle en bronze ciselé et doré reposant sur quatre têtes d’éléphants. Fin du 19ème siècle Haut. Vase : 59 cm Haut.
Ormolu
Minton Elephant Vases
Located in New Orleans, LA
These most extraordinary vases by Minton are known as vases à tête d'éléphant or Elephant vases, and are a revival of the Sèvres pair created for Louis XVI.