CIRCA 1777, THE EWER WITH BLUE CROWNED INTERLACED L'S AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR CHULOT, INCISED D, THE BASIN WITH PUCE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER Z FOR 1777 AND PAINTER'S MARK FOR BARRAT, INCISED TH M

Although these two pieces are associated, the forms and style of decoration belong together. The date of conception of this shape, the epitome of the Louis XV style, by Jean-Claude Duplessis père is known by a letter from Hendrick van Hulst to Boileau, 26 October 1751: "...je n'ai nulle idée de la forme que le petit croquis indique des pots la romaine de M. du Plessis..." In the list of molds contained in the stock list of October 1752, the molds for this shape were valued at 10 livres-- a very high price. Ewers and basins in biscuit were valued at 27 livres and decorated they sold for prices ranging from 144 to 480 livres. For other examples, compare S. Eriksen and G. De Bellaigue, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1987, pp. 284-5, no. 98 and Vincennes & Sevres Porcelain from a New England Collection; Christie's, New York, 5 May 1999, lot 9.

Louis-Gabriel Chulot is recorded as a painter of trophies, flowers and patterns at Sèvres from 1755-1900.