Caption

Round table, lacquered black, decorated with gilded cast brass fittings, with a ceramic painted bowl-shaped top supported by three slender channel-shaped supports connected in the middle by a round shelf, mounted on a triangular platform with concave sides. The platform has a profiled rim with a central pinnacle - a spinning top - on three low legs in the shape of strongly flattened spheres. The supports terminate in shoes at the bottom and in sheep's heads at the top. The tabletop is framed in a wooden profiled frame on a spool-turned support, topped with a pine cone at the bottom, secured by a wooden hoop in the upper part of the supports. The porcelain tabletop plate is painted with overglaze paints, with the gold initial MG under a nine-baton crown in a trefoil field at the bottom, with brown tracery on a blue background border. Decoration includes goat's head, plant motifs, crowns, hooves animal legs, and monograms; styles noted: Empire and neo-Gothic. After 1860; France origin? — Silesia tabletop?. Piece of furniture table. Height 93 cm, diameter 36.5 cm., A circular decorative plate with a central black area featuring an elaborate gold ornamental motif topped by a gold crown, surrounded by a band of ornate gold relief and an inner ring with wood-toned carved patterns and turquoise enamel insets, all bordered by a wide dark brown outer rim with a thin gold edge; visible colors include black, gold, turquoise, brown, and a pale gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A10_251

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Rights managed

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103.0Mb (3.3Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Round table lacquered black decorated gilded cast brass fittings ceramic painted bowl-shaped top supported three slender channel-shaped supports connected middle round shelf mounted triangular platform concave sides platform profiled rim central pinnacle - spinning top - three low legs shape strongly flattened spheres supports terminate shoes bottom sheep's heads top tabletop framed wooden profiled frame spool-turned support topped pine cone secured wooden hoop upper part porcelain tabletop plate overglaze paints gold initial MG under nine-baton crown trefoil field brown tracery blue background border Decoration includes goat's head plant motifs crowns hooves animal legs monograms styles noted Empire neo-Gothic 1860 France origin Silesia tabletop Piece furniture table Height 93 cm diameter 36.5 cm circular decorative plate central black area featuring elaborate gold ornamental motif topped gold crown surrounded band ornate gold relief inner ring wood-toned carved patterns turquoise enamel insets bordered wide dark brown outer rim thin gold edge visible colors include black gold turquoise brown pale gray background.