A French gilt-brass-mounted painted tôle vase and cover, possibly by la veuve Gosse et Samousseau, last quarter 18th century

with a domed cover with a pinecone and foliate cast finial above lion mask handles, with a painted landscape roundel on a circular leaf cast socle and faux marble plinth base

This piece is in fair condition, displaying craquelure and losses to enamelling. The gilt brass needs cleaning according to taste; the painted plinth base shows minor losses and one dented corner.
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Comparative Literature:
Anne Forray-Carlier and Monika Kopplin, Les Secrets de la Laque Française, le vernis martin, Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2014, pp. 267-270, where they illustrate a related pair of laquered tôle vases and covers by the veuve Gosse et Samousseau, circa 1775, (Gallery Steinitz, Paris).
Thibaud Wolvesperges, “Les manufactures de tôle vernie à Paris vers 1760-1770, ‘Veuve Gosse et François Samousseau’, ‘La Petite Pologne’”, Objets d’art: Mélanges en l’honneur de Daniel Alcouffe, Dijon, 2004, pp. 272-279.