MODELLED BY ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET AFTER FRANCOIS BOUCHER, INCISED JB MONOGRAM FOR BACHELIER, CIRCA 1767

The JB monogram incised on the surface of the base is for Jean-Jacques Bachelier in his role as director of the sculpture workshop, 1751-1757.
See Exhibition Catalogue, Falconet à Sèvres 1757-1766 ou l'art de plaire, Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, 6 November 2001 - 4 February 2002, cat. No. 49 for a discussion of this model, perhaps the last created before the master sculptor left for his sojourn in Russia.