Sevres Style Parcel-Gilt Ormolu Mounted Enameled Blue Celeste Bowl

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A sèvres style parcel-gilt ormolu-mounted enameled blue celeste porcelain center bowl, last quarter of the 19th century, the rim mounted … more A sèvres style parcel-gilt ormolu-mounted enameled blue celeste porcelain center bowl, last quarter of the 19th century, the rim mounted with bead and reticulated guilloche motif, over reserves, one painted with a Native American hunt scene including horses, a fighting tiger, leopard pelt, bows and arrows in a tall grassy landscape, opposed by a flowering spray of blooms, flanked by Neo Grec style Greek key pattern handles, raised on a grape leaf and fruit bunch encrusted pedestal, on a circular relief laurel leaf and berry foot, flanked by laurel leaf and berry garland swag, and classical scrolls ending in ram's head masks, raised on pad and scrolled feet, verso impressed monogram "A.H.". less