POT POURRI IN PORCELAIN IN THE TASTE OF SEVRES AND MOUNT IN BRONZE GILDED

A beautiful Sèvres-style soft-paste porcelain pot pourri mounted in gilt bronze, with polychrome decoration of bouquets of flowers on a white background and blue counter-ground, enhanced with gold scrolls, flowering branches and bouquets of roses. The mounting features an openwork collar, decorated with interlacing, supporting three lion's heads holding mobile rings in their gules. They are linked by festooned draperies. The potpourri is topped by a gilded bronze pinecone forming the grip. Apocryphal Sèvres mark. Napoleon III period, Circa: 1850 Dim: W:17cm, D:17cm, H:22,5cm.