Late 19th century marble and gilt bronze vide-poche in the style of Maison Escalier de Cristal, Paris,
former private collection of Pierre Lecoules, internationally renowned antique dealer.
The marble dish rests on a gilt bronze base of four tapering palmette supports, each surmounted by a lady's head, each joined by a garland of fruit and flowers, on small hoof feet, joined by a curved H-shaped stretcher centred by a turned baluster finial