Vase (2) - A Pair of French Faience "Grotesque" Winged Satyr Ewers / Vases, Samson of Paris, In the - Earthenware

A striking pair of late 19th-century French tin-glazed earthenware (faience) decorative ewers, expertly crafted by the renowned Paris atelier Samson, Edmé et Cie.
The vases feature an elaborate neo-Renaissance design directly inspired by 16th-century Italian Urbino majolica. Each ewer is flanked by two dramatic, sculptural handles modeled as horned, winged male satyrs (grotesques) with vibrantly painted blue wings, multi-colored scales, and terminal scroll elements. The baluster bodies are finely hand-painted over a pale cream-pink ground, exhibiting delicate Renaissance-style scrollwork, scrolling stylized foliage, and blooming polychrome flower bouquets. The bases are marked on the interior with the blue underglaze crossed-arrows mark characteristic of the Locré/Samson factory. It has one edge fleck.