A SèVRES STYLE PARCEL GILT METAL MOUNTED POLYCHROME COMPOTE, 19TH CENTURY, the dished bowl centering a round medallion painted with a bucolic country scene of courting youth, while baby cupid presents flowers, within a blue ground border painted with three vignettes of colorful flower sprays and scrolling gilt painted tendrils within a floral encrusted gilt metal mounted edge, flanked by scrolling handles, joined to a cabochon relief base on foliate shell legs joined by leafy grape vine garlands. Height: 7" Diameter: 17" Provenance: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Romanova (1822-1892) sold Herman Historica, Munich, October 10, 2008