A CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT GRISAILLE ENAMEL EWER STAND

A CIRCULAR PARCEL-GILT GRISAILLE ENAMEL EWER STAND

ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE REYMOND (1513-1584), LIMOGES, CIRCA 1560

Centred by a circular medallion with a profile portrait bust of Christ surrounded by a narrative frieze with five scenes from the book of Genesis: God Creating Eve from a Rib of Adam; God Placing Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; The Original Sin; the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden; Cain Killing Abel with a Jawbone; the outer rim decorated with a repeating frieze of satyrs and fauns with fantastical beasts pulling chariots; the reverse decorated with intertwining strap-work, masks and winged cherubs\' heads and framed by a band of gilded foliate scroll-work and the outer rim with further foliate scrolls and stylised dolphins; minor chips and repairs, wear to the gilding

18¼ in. (46 cm.) diam.