ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1830

Comparable centerpieces with putti can be found in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, München 1986, p. 384, nos. 5.16.4-5.16.6. Further examples were sold at Christie's, New York, 21 November 2008, lot 12 and one sold Christie's, London, 7 June 2011, part of lot 334.