A Sèvres biscuit porcelain gilt-bronze mounted Athénienne, first half 19th century

trepied d'Apollon, after the Antique, the gadrooned bowl with gilt bronze liner supported by three eagle-headed tapering pilasters with bucrania and foliate scroll relief decoration ending in paw feet and a central serpent-entwined column all raised on a stepped concave triangular plinth with anthemion decoration

Sotheby's Paris, 16th April 2013, lot 283

C. Lechevallier-Chevignard, M. Savreux, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, Directoire, Consulat et Ier Empire, Paris, 1923, pl. 19, for the original trèpied d'Apollon from the Grand Service de l'Empereur

All applied eagles have a form of restoration, one has been re-stuck to the pilaster. Most applied jewelling have some restoration, as well as the lower ring support and edges of the base.
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The present model is based on a centrepiece originally produced by Sèvres for the use of Napoleon and was included in the Grand Service de l'Empereur commissioned in 1807. The form itself is based on the antique unearthed at the Villa Adriana, Tivoli which was brought to the Louvre in 1797. A pair of this form from the collection of Gianni Versace was sold at Sotheby's London, 18th March 2009, lot 274.