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CIRCA 1750
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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU, MEISSEN, ST. ClOUD AND VINCENNES PORCELAIN CENTERPIECE
Circa 1750
In the form of a table fountain, with central two-handled covered vase decorated with rocaille cartouche reserves of tropical birds on a white ground and further decorated with insects, the pierced handles above a foliate-cast spout with later foliate stop, flanked by Chinoiserie figures of a fishmonger and his wife, on acanthus-scrolled rusticated platforms issuing flowering trees with Vincennes porcelain flowerheads, on a pierced asymmetric foliate and rocaille-cast base with central oval basin within a C-scroll cartouche, with indistinct inscription to underside, the porcelain marked '180' in black ink, the central vase with Meissen crossed swords mark, one figure stamped '26'
11in. (28.5cm.) high, 12in. (32cm.) wide, 7in. (18cm.) deep
Circa 1750
In the form of a table fountain, with central two-handled covered vase decorated with rocaille cartouche reserves of tropical birds on a white ground and further decorated with insects, the pierced handles above a foliate-cast spout with later foliate stop, flanked by Chinoiserie figures of a fishmonger and his wife, on acanthus-scrolled rusticated platforms issuing flowering trees with Vincennes porcelain flowerheads, on a pierced asymmetric foliate and rocaille-cast base with central oval basin within a C-scroll cartouche, with indistinct inscription to underside, the porcelain marked '180' in black ink, the central vase with Meissen crossed swords mark, one figure stamped '26'
11in. (28.5cm.) high, 12in. (32cm.) wide, 7in. (18cm.) deep