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Of polychrome enameled lava stone. With silver highlights and metal encased edge. One hairline fracture, repaired and stabilized.
This roundel represents an exceptionally rare example of a table-top executed in enameled painting, and fired onto a base of lava stone, a decorative technique championed by the leading Parisian architect of the period, Jacques-Ignace Hittorff (1792-1867) (figure 1).
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