Sevres-Style Bronze and Porcelain Centerpiece in the Louis XV Taste, fourth quarter 19th century, French, the robust pierced bronze base resting on toupie feet, the bowl decorated with hand-painted panels of figures in 18th-century costume in a pastoral landscape on one side panel and grouse in a flower garden on the other side panel, all against a rose and bleu celeste ground, the interior with floral panels, with pierced bronze handles and a matching bronze rim on the upper portion, h. 18-1/2", w. 22", d. 14".

Scattered patination to bronze; one foot slightly bent. Bowl with no chips, crack or restorations, but significant rubbing and loss to gilt.