Antique French Napoleon III Sevres Style Inkwell, Kiln-Fired Enamel & Gilt Bronze

Gorgeous antique French Napoleon III era kiln-fired enamel inkwell with attached 7" wide tray & pen or quill holders, ornate "jeweled" look with exquisite detail and marvelous visual & decorative appeal!  From enamelists working in the decorative arts community surrounding that of the old Sevres porcelain works or perhaps similar workshops of Bresse (Bressan). The processes are very much the same, really, and a dual-industry emerged in this distinct decorative style by the 1800s. They are NOT Manufactory du Sevres items, but from the village artisans, much as the enamels of Limoges emerge in the same village as later decorative porcelain work. The process is very similar, working with muddy porcelain 'slip' and then kiln-firing so that the finished decorative surface emerges upon melting. A very arduous and difficult process here, the emulsions are painted on copper plaques or panels, in this case the concave dish and inkwell body & lid, each would have gone through numerou