Large Louis XVI baluster vases pair with snakes

Pair of baluster vases in white marble, set at the top with an openwork “pot pourri” ring, covered with a gilt bronze cap embellished with a seed-shaped socket; two handles composed of intertwined snakes. The lower part of the vase is supported by an acanthus leaf base in gilt bronze, in the gilding of the period, held by a ring, resting on a foot itself resting on a quadrangular base adorned with “rais-de-coeur”.
French work Louis XVI period circa 1780 second half of the 18th century
Size in inches : wide 5,5 X height 18