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Bought these several years ago, the seller did a hack job of wrapping them and one of the pair had extensive damage during shipping, I was so mad I could spit, anyway left them in a closet until last night, took them apart, cleaned them and repaired the damaged one and here you go! Don't know the story behind their origin but they are very old and very cool.
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Certainly a Marriage of Oriental and Italian designs; what with those Brass Chinese Lion handles and the Roman/greek key gilded design on the blue glass vases. My guess would be Italian! LOU
Yes, Foo Dogs!! LOU