A POTSCHAPPEL (CARL THIEME) DARK-BLUE-GROUND CYLINDRICAL PEDESTAL IN THE SÈVRES STYLE, the composite capital with Ionic scrolls enriched in gilding, painted with nymphs and playful cherubs among clouds, within moulded and gilt foliage borders, on a waisted foot and fixed stepped square plinth enriched with slender bands of gilt leaves and with white 'jewels', mounted with a gilt-metal band at the centre of the pedestal and with a white onyx square shelf (chips to plinth and small chips to onyx), blue cross and T mark, circa 1900