Sèvres style tabletop centerpiece, ca. 1880

Sèvres style tabletop centerpiece, ca. 1880.
Hand painted porcelain and gilded bronze.
Measurements: 29 x 53 x 23 cm.

Sèvres style porcelain center in the form of a classic cup, decorated on the outside following the style of the Sèvres colored backgrounds of the eighteenth century, in this case with cobalt blue background, specifically the one known as "Bleu Lapis", characterized by its irregular appearance, with waters of different shades. The decorations are polychrome in white and grisaille, following the models of neoclassicism. The center rises on a gilded bronze mount with scrolls and garlands ending in curved handles. A pearled upper profile also in gilded bronze embellishes the mouth of the bowl.