Lot Essay
First modeled by Jean-Baptiste de Fernex in 1755 after a drawing by Boucher, La Grande Jardinière was conceived as a pair with Le Grand Jardinier.
.jpg?w=1)
1751-1757, INCISED SCRIPT B MARK FOR JEAN-JACQUES BACHELIER
Details
A VINCENNES BISCUIT FIGURE OF 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE'
1751-1757, incised script B mark for Jean-Jacques Bachelier
The young girl wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small posey in her right hand and gazing skyward, a shallow basket of flowers held against her left hip, a deep basket of flowers behind her on a stump
10½in. (26.7cm.) high
1751-1757, incised script B mark for Jean-Jacques Bachelier
The young girl wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small posey in her right hand and gazing skyward, a shallow basket of flowers held against her left hip, a deep basket of flowers behind her on a stump
10½in. (26.7cm.) high
Provenance
With Armin B. Allen, London