Ormolu and Sèvres style porcelain ebonised wood guéridon

This superb Louis XVI style guéridon, or circular side table, is crafted from ebonised wood, porcelain, and ormolu (gilt bronze). The guéridon sits upon an ormolu mounted trefoil-form ebonised wood base. This base supports a central shaped column, wrought from ebonised wood and set throughout with foliate ormolu mounts, which is supported by three ornately scrolled ormolu buttresses.

The tabletop, which is raised by the central shaped column, is intricate in design. The top is inset with a bleu celeste ground Sèvres style porcelain charger. This charger, parcel gilt, is painted to the centre with a portrait of Louis XVI, whose representation is surrounded by an encompassing tier of eight smaller portraits—and a further outer tier of eighteen portrait plaques. This outer tier of porcelain plaques is covered by a chased ormolu frame, which rounds the edge of the tabletop and forms the pierced apron.