Excerpt from Catalogue of Old Sevres Porcelain, Old Dresden and Chelsea Figures, Decorative Furniture, and Other Ornamental Objects, the Property of a Gentleman, Deceased: Which Will Be Sold on Auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods, at Their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, February 24, 1881, at One O'clock Precisely 47 A pair OF seaux, with richly-gilt borders, painted with festoons and sprigs of owers in colours on white ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."