Napoleon III crystal vase Colourless crystal glass with gilded bronze mounting. Octagonal, stepped base with latticework reserves as support for the baluster-shaped vase body with finely gadrooned lip rim. The centre with a broad frieze of swans and foliage in raised relief and sculptural lion mascarons with grasping rings to the sides. Unmarked; h. 38.5 cm. A French crystal glass and bronze Napoleon III vase. Indistinctly flawed. France. Circa 1870.