Sevres style gilt porcelain centre piece with Collot signature
A fine quality Sevres style gilt metal mounted porcelain centre piece signed Collot circa 1900, the oval bowl painted with a reclining maiden attended to by a putto the reverse a lake scene both with surrounds of foliate and floral gilt decoration on a pink ground the interior finely painted with flowers mounted within a gilt metal shell rim with scrolling foliate handles raised on a circular support with a shaped gilt metal foot factory mark to bowl and base. Height 11.81 in.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Putto / Putti / Amorino / Amorini - A putto (plural: putti) or amerino (plural: amerini) is a cherub or cupid frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and sculpture, especially of the Renaissance and Baroque periods and later used as a decorative element in the design of furniture, ceramics, statuary etc. They are usually depicted as chubby males, or of indeterminate gender, often with wings. Their depiction may represent an association with love, heaven, peace or prosperity.
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