Lot Essay
A similar Louis XV plated centrepiece, 1747-1749, was sold Christie's Geneva, 17 November 1980, lot 242
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A FRENCH PLATED BRASS CENTREPIECE
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1715
The shaped-oblong plateau on four scroll, lambrequin and demi female figure feet, with shell headresses depicting the goddess Venus, each supporting a detachable scroll branch and shaped dish with gadrooned border, the detachable central shaped-oblong dish on four scroll lambrequin and helmetted demi male figure feet depicting the god Mars, the plateau border applied with four rosettes
58 cm (23 in) long
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1715
The shaped-oblong plateau on four scroll, lambrequin and demi female figure feet, with shell headresses depicting the goddess Venus, each supporting a detachable scroll branch and shaped dish with gadrooned border, the detachable central shaped-oblong dish on four scroll lambrequin and helmetted demi male figure feet depicting the god Mars, the plateau border applied with four rosettes
58 cm (23 in) long