拍品的状况可能存在极大差异，而由于其性质使然，拍品难以处于完美无瑕的状态。拍品均以拍卖时的状况出售。

Overall with some minor wear and tiny scratches; the gilding throughout likely refreshed in places; the central section of one vase with spray to the blue ground and flower painted panel below the shoulder, a crack visible to the far right side of the flower panel when transluced with a strong light; the other vase with spray to the gilt and blue bands at the shoulder just above the painted panels; the ormolu with some wear, rubbing, and surface dirt; as noted the ormolu probably 19th century and the covers modern replacements; present well.