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IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE
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An ormolu-mounted mahogany and porcelain gueridon
In the Louis XVI Style
The top centred by a porcelain dish, the underside inscribed Galathea, within a gadrooned frame, above a scrolling foliate frieze, supported by three legs, each headed by a female term carrying a basket, joined by a shaped stretcher centred by an urn, on tapering spirally fluted feet; the porcelain circa 1880, the stand 20th Century
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) diameter
In the Louis XVI Style
The top centred by a porcelain dish, the underside inscribed Galathea, within a gadrooned frame, above a scrolling foliate frieze, supported by three legs, each headed by a female term carrying a basket, joined by a shaped stretcher centred by an urn, on tapering spirally fluted feet; the porcelain circa 1880, the stand 20th Century
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) diameter