A Napoleon III, Continental kingwood gilt metal and marquetry jardiniere. The shaped lid with gilt metal gallery, lifting to reveal the original metal liner, above a serpentine shaped body with inlaid floral panels, supported by four curved square section legs united by a shaped platform stretcher with similar inlay. The whole mounted with ormolu. Label to underside of top, indistinctly marked Bruxelles.
Circa 1870
Continental