Antique 19th Century French Champlevé Enamel & Gilt Bronze Centerpiece Bowl — Cranberry Glass Insert — Rococo Scrollwork

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A superb 19th century French champlevé enamel and gilt bronze centerpiece — one of the great decorative objects of the … Read more A superb 19th century French champlevé enamel and gilt bronze centerpiece — one of the great decorative objects of the Second Empire period. The gilt bronze frame is worked in full Rococo scrollwork with acanthus leaves, floral sprays and C-scroll handles, the champlevé enamel panels alive with blue, cream, red and green on a gilt ground. Four elaborately cast feet support the whole. The cranberry-amber pressed glass insert with beaded rim and scroll pattern sits perfectly within the frame. The cranberry-amber glass adds warmth and color — equally beautiful holding spring flowers or displayed empty on a consoleThis is exactly the kind of object that defined the French decorative arts industry at its height — made for a grand house, for a dining room table or sideboard, to hold fruit or flowers or simply to exist as a beautiful thing. See less