AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND MIRRORED SURTOUT-DE-TABLE

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU, CUT-GLASS AND MIRRORED SURTOUT-DE-TABLE

BY PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810

Comprising fourteen elements, the central surtout of oval form with pierced gallery of scrolling foliage with swans flanking baskets of flowers and fruits, bacchic masks with four female figures representing the Four Seasons, with a foliate frieze, the mirror plate surmounted by a tazza held aloft by two winged female figures each on a tessellated globe above a rectangular pedestal with vine wreaths centred by baskets of fruit, together with four three-tier etageres, four two-tier etageres and four oval tazze on a rectangular base conformingly decorated, each stamped \'THOMIRE A PARIS\', some cut-glass dishes replaced

35 3/4 in. (91 cm.) high; 34 in. (85.5 cm.) wide; 50 in. (127 cm.) long overall;

The central tazza: 36 1/4 in. (92 cm.) high; 28 1/2 in. (72 cm.) wide; 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) deep.

The three-tier etageres: 25 in. (63 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) diameter.

The two-tier etageres: 13 in. (33 cm.) high; 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diameter.

The oval tazze: 13 in. (33 cm.) high; 12 in. (31 cm.) wide; 9 3/4 in. (25 cm.) deep.