Sèvres-style pedestal base – France. 19th century.

Lot: 32

France. 19th century.
Sèvres-style pedestal base

Porcelain, gilt bronze, green-veined marble. Atop a chamfered marble base, further embellished with a sculpted mask appliqué of Hercules with the head and pelt of the Nemean Lion in gilt bronze and a chamfered porcelain baluster shaft that tapers conically upwards, a.slightly projecting marble top. The porcelain is painted on all sides with 18th-century hunting scenes featuring finely dressed figures on horseback, a stag, and hounds in a landscape, signed H. Desprez. The tapered porcelain capitals and base are decorated with hunting trophies and foliate borders in gold on a blue ground.
Height 117 cm, marble top 40 x 40 cm. Provenance: Old private collection, Krefeld

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Reserve price: 1,200 €

K-18 -
14. November 2026 at 11:00 AM CET

Literature:

A similar base with its matching counterpart was auctioned by Roseberys London, 2 October 2024, Lot 31; Christie's New York, 16 April 2015, Lot 10.

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France. 19th century.Sèvres-style pedestal base

France. 19th century.
Sèvres-style pedestal base