Lot Essay
First modelled in 1760 by Falconet after Boucher
Cf.W.B.Honey, pl. 66
Cf.W.B.Honey, pl. 66
Details
A PAIR OF SÈVRES GROUPS LA FEUILLE À L'ENVERS OU LA SURPRISE AND LE SABOT CASSÉ
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED F TO BASE OF THE SECOND
Modelled as a youth with extravagant gesture teasing a girl lying below him; the second with a girl crying over a broken shoe, a little boy sitting beside her, an overturned basket of flowers behind (his left wrist and her left foot restored, damages to hands of the first; the second with chip to her jacket, some flowers lacking from basket)--7¾in. (19.5cm.) and 6¾in. (17cm.) high, respectively (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED F TO BASE OF THE SECOND
Modelled as a youth with extravagant gesture teasing a girl lying below him; the second with a girl crying over a broken shoe, a little boy sitting beside her, an overturned basket of flowers behind (his left wrist and her left foot restored, damages to hands of the first; the second with chip to her jacket, some flowers lacking from basket)--7¾in. (19.5cm.) and 6¾in. (17cm.) high, respectively (2)
Literature
Ruth Berges, Collector's Choice, New York, 1967, pls. 255/256