with a Sèvres style turquoise plaque, painted with vignettes and centred by a peasant woman and child mounted on a leaf cast scroll frame and supports and paw feet

In good order. Bronze surface good but with some minor tarnishing and signs of former screw The porcelain good with later glass cover for use as an occasional table. Bronze slightly loose. It is possible that this piece was a bit taller originally. There may have been a similar porcelain dish fitted to the ring linking the legs as an under-tier. Raised on small castors.
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