Comprising two double-gourd-shaped vases and an ovoid vase and cover, all painted on the spherical body with six panels with long Eliza’s holding a fan and flowers in a landscape and a garden, alternated with panels decorated with a vase containing an intricate bouquet, repeated on the bulbous and tapering neck of the double-gourd-shaped vases.

This garniture set was once part of the esteemed collection of Oscar Huldschinsky (1846–1931), a prominent Jewish industrialist and patron of the arts. Based in Berlin, Huldschinsky built a fortune in coal mining and the iron industry in Upper Silesia, amassing significant wealth, which was estimated at 30 million marks in 1914. His success enabled him to acquire a remarkable art collection, featuring works by Botticelli, Tiepolo, Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Rubens. As one of the most influential art patrons of the early 20th century, he generously donated important works to Berlin museums, including Edgar Degas’ Conversation and Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker. Huldschinsky passed away in 1931 and was interred in the family burial site he had established at the Neuen Friedhof in Wannsee, a cemetery open to both Christians and Jews. The item’s presence in Huldschinsky’s collection reflects his refined taste and status as a major benefactor and connoisseur of fine art. In 1928, due to financial difficulties, Huldschinsky was compelled to auction parts of his collection. This set was offered separately at Hotel Esplanade in Berlin as lots 228 and 229 on May, 11 (Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing ‘Die Sammlung Oscar Huldschinsky’, Berlin, 1928, p. 66). The pair of vases was most probably sold to a private collector in Sweden, while the central vase was initially sold to an unknown buyer, but later resurfaced in the Netherlands. After many years of separation, the set is now reunited.