A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES ENCRIER, the oval top inset with a pair of wells mounted with pierced scrolling foliage and surmounted by removable lids in the form of birds resting upon exotic fruits, enclosing removable liners, the dished, tapering body centred to each side with a cartouche-shaped vignette painted with exotic birds within a foliate frame and upon a bleu turquin ground, on fluted legs, concave-sided platform base and scrolled acanthus volute feet, the mounts 19th century, the porcelain 18th century, originally intended as a salt cellar and redecorated