A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND GRANIT OBICULAIRE GUERIDON ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1800

A CONSULAT ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND GRANIT OBICULAIRE GUERIDON
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB FRERES, CIRCA 1800
The moulded hexagonal top above a cavetto cornice and a plain frieze enclosing granit obiculaire de Corse top, on six cylindrical turned columns headed by palm capitals and terminating in palm-bud clasps, joined by a concave hexagonal undertier on six scrolling reeded downswept legs with palm collars terminating in paw feet
29 in. (74 cm.) high, 18 3/4 in. (48 cm.) diameter

Provenance
James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1776-1855).
Edmond de Pourtalès (1828-1895).
Vente de la Galerie Pourtalès: tableaux anciens et modernes dessins; Charles Pillet and Eugène Escribe, Paris, 20 March, 1865, lot 1443 (to Gruau).