Centre de table ovale en bronze doré et cristal par Charles Christofle, Paris, vers 1862

reposant sur des branches de pommiers ornées de leurs fruits et feuilles, se terminant par des putti jouant avec des poussins, numéroté 463997, estampé CHRISTOFLE, M , et frappé du poinçon de maître, la doublure en verre d'époque

raised on apple branch supports, with fruit and leaves, the ends formed as babies playing with baby chicks, numbered 463997, stamped CHRISTOFLE, M  and with maker's mark, contemporary glass liner

Screws holding babies onto stand need a bit of tightening, generally good condition, glass in good condition
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Pour un centre de table à montures en vermeil, composé de la même doublure en verre et également réalisé pour l'Exposition de Londres de 1862, voir Henri Bouilhet, Christofle Silversmith since 1830, Éditions du Chêne, 1981, p. 212. 

See: Henri Bouilhet, Christofle Silversmith since 1830, Éditions du Chêne, 1981, p. 212 for a silver-mounted glass bowl set, also of  1862, made for the London exhibiton of that year, which has the same glass liner as the centrepiece now offered.