An Restauration Ormolu Center Piece Circa 1825, Attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire

the dished circular top above a reeded column and three similarly cast scrolled supports, raised on a trefoil base.

A nearly identical example attributed to Thomire, based on a drawing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is in the Badiches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe. Two further examples are illustrated, Ottomeyer, Proschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. II, p.312, pl.XLIV and p.389, no. 5.16.18. Another example sold, Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1996, lot 102