A French ebonised ormolu mounted torchere, circa 1900 The circular top inset with a Sevres pattern porcelain plaque, having a rose pink ground, the central reserve depicting a classical woman's head in profile with the Grecian letters Sigma, Alpha, Pi and Omega, the border painted en grisaille in five panels with neoclassical motifs including griffins, supported on three tapering slender legs joined by a triform stretcher, 122 cm high, 36 cm in diameter