LOUIS VALENTIN ELIAS ROBERT (FRENCH, 1821-1874): A NAPOLEON III BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE FIGURAL TAZZA, CIRCA 1870 modelled as a classical maiden with left arm raised to support the bowl atop her head, with lobed basin and cast with vines to the rim, the interior of the basin cast with Medusa's head, raised on a cylindrical plinth set with a bronze relief of further classical maidens, signed 'LVE ROBERT' 57cm high Auction Comparable:  See Sotheby's Amsterdam, 16 April 2007, lot 408 for a pair of candelabra by Robert which feature the same design of a classical maiden as the present lot (sold £4560 euroes).