Sèvres porcelain centerpiece, 1764, Nicolas Catrice, 18th century Height x width x depth: 28 x 38 x 24 cm. In polychrome porcelain with blue and white reserves - with splendid floral decoration in intertwined garlands inside the large bowl and a large reserve on the front body with twigs and birds, surrounded by splendid gilded racemes - it undoubtedly belongs to the highly refined production of the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, where it was painted in 1764 (dated letter L inside the two crossed L's) by Nicolas Catrice, who was a painter there from 1757 to 1774 and specialized in such decorative expressions (bouquets of flowers, garlands and related accessories). In fact, on top of the decorative mark he himself affixed and painted in blue (the two crossed L's and the dating letter inside), we find his monogram, a sort of swastika or, if you prefer, two intersecting and adjacent letters S, also painted in blue. The original marks confirm what has already emerged from the examination of the ceramic body (typical Sèvres white, authentic sky blue, polychrome decorations and gilding). An important addition to the work is an imposing and very elegant mercury-gilded bronze mount of great fineness and workmanship, with masks on the lateral handles with undulating racemes and a base support with four large C scrolls on an oval platform with polyhedral protuberances and double-split animal feet.