Miniature Louis XV Gilt Mounted Tripod Plant Stand

A louis XV gilt mounted tripod fern Stand. (attribted to Francois Linke) Measures 3 1/8 inches high x 1 1/2 inches across the base. The circler well which would hold the potted fern has a gilt gallery surround's bowl has a carved petal design and and a reverse acorn finial. The top of the slender squared legs with aegicrane-mounted knees is decorated with gilt acorn leaves and the feet are gilt cloven hooves which stand on a tripartite platform mounted on flat gold feet.