A Dutch porcelain gilt bronze mounted Centerpiece bowl, Petrus Regout, Maastricht, 1836-1880 mark (later Royal sphinx factory), c1850, the navette shaped bowl hand decorated with a pastoral romantic scene to the interior and cherubs over blooming branches to the exterior upon a turquoise ground with gilt highlights, supported on a fine Empire style gilt bronze stand with masks and caryatids, bearing 'P. Regout Maastrich A.1836' backstamp to the underside. Height 20 cm, length 34.5 cm, width 23.5 cm