A Restauration ormolu and malachite guéridon circa 1820 and later, stamped Thomire a Paris

Central section originally probably a tazza, the malachite and ormolu top and ormolu base third quarter 19th century. Malachite with fine age cracks; not extensive. Ormolu with oxidation, surface dirt and some rubbing.
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A pair of candelabra of this same tripod form by Thomire in the Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon is illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p. 382, fig. 5.16.1.