Thomas Moore
Head of Department
Lot 52TP
A Napoleon III porcelain and ormolu mounted tulipwood gueridon Circa 1860
29 November 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A Napoleon III porcelain and ormolu mounted tulipwood gueridon
Circa 1860
Mounted with floral painted Sevres style porcelain plaques, the oval quarter veneered top with projecting eared angles, inset with a central shaped oval dish decorated with assorted flowers and exotic birds within one large and four smaller gilt-adorned berried foliate surrounds, above a pierced tasselled drapery-swagged and floral mounted apron, on four elongated C-shaped square section supports terminating in foliate headed hoof sabots, with an oval undertier, on a shaped concave quadripartite and quarter veneered plinth base, the top: 50cm x 43cm; 74cm high.
Mounted with floral painted Sevres style porcelain plaques, the oval quarter veneered top with projecting eared angles, inset with a central shaped oval dish decorated with assorted flowers and exotic birds within one large and four smaller gilt-adorned berried foliate surrounds, above a pierced tasselled drapery-swagged and floral mounted apron, on four elongated C-shaped square section supports terminating in foliate headed hoof sabots, with an oval undertier, on a shaped concave quadripartite and quarter veneered plinth base, the top: 50cm x 43cm; 74cm high.
Footnotes
A comparable gueridon to the offered lot sold Christie's, London, 19 March 2009, 19th Century Furniture, lot 7.
