19th Century French Sevres Porcelain & Champlevé Enamel Centrepiece with Gilt Bronze Mounts

This stunning 19th Century French Sevres porcelain and champlevé enamel centrepiece bowl on feet or Tazza features a beautiful hand painted scene of a very ethereal maiden and cherub surrounded with a Champlevé border and gilding. The dish has a handle on each side shaped of Acanthus leaves and is supported on 3 stylised feet, all in gilt bronze with a champlevé medallion on each foot. It is in the Napoleon III style and signed ‘Collet’. This superb piece would make a fine addition to many different rooms and settings. The Sèvres porcelain factory (Manufacture nationale de Sèvres) is one of the leading European porcelain factories, located in the city of Sèvres, France. The factory was successively named by political regimes, including the royal, imperial, and national manufactories. Still in operation, it continues to produce objects created since 1740.