A William IV Sevres-style turquoise ground encrier, porcelain probably 18th century, ormolu c.1835-40 (ormolu-mounted porcelain)

The porcelain probably 18th century and redecorated in teh first half of the 19th century, the ormolu c.1835-40, Sevres marks to the bowl and stand. The well formed form an oviform bowl painted with fruit and flowers within gilt scroll cartouches, applied with a gilt-metal pierced rim and liner cast with scrolling leaves, the stand formed from a shaped oval feuille-de-choux stand painted with a vignettes of exotic birds in branches and flowers below gilt dentil bands enclosing turquoise-ground sections, with a pierced gilt-metal rim applied with wyvern biting a stand cast with leaves and flowers forming the support for the well, the stand supported by a gilt-metal rim with scrolling leaves and four feet cast with masks, damages and repaired to the well.