Lot Essay
The present model was designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis, pre. The first firings are recorded in 1753, the date of the present example.
The example in Palazzo Pitti was purchased on 11 April 1758 by the Duchess of Parma, daughter of Louis XV for 84 livres. As is the case with the present example, it has no date letter. Other undated examples are in the David Collection and a private collection, Paris. See Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1973, pp. 38-9, no. 7.; Svend Eriksen, The David Collection, French Porcelain Copenhagen, 1980, no. 33a; and Tamara Praud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, no. 139.
The factory sales records note as delivered to M. Duvaux on 31 December 1753: "1 thyre la reine 2e grandeur lapis oiseaux colors.... 96 livres. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know with certainty whether this refers to the present example or to the other examples as cited above.
Louis-Jean Thvenet, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a flower and pattern painter, 1741-1777
The example in Palazzo Pitti was purchased on 11 April 1758 by the Duchess of Parma, daughter of Louis XV for 84 livres. As is the case with the present example, it has no date letter. Other undated examples are in the David Collection and a private collection, Paris. See Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1973, pp. 38-9, no. 7.; Svend Eriksen, The David Collection, French Porcelain Copenhagen, 1980, no. 33a; and Tamara Praud and Antoine d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, no. 139.
The factory sales records note as delivered to M. Duvaux on 31 December 1753: "1 thyre la reine 2e grandeur lapis oiseaux colors.... 96 livres. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know with certainty whether this refers to the present example or to the other examples as cited above.
Louis-Jean Thvenet, recorded at Vincennes and Svres as a flower and pattern painter, 1741-1777