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Lot Essay
These tureens are possibly connected with the green-ground service acquired on 1 May 1763 by Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1720-1792), with further supplements recorded in 1764 and 1765, a substantial part of which is being offered in the evening sale of the present Rothschild auction series.
Within a few years of starting his career as a lawyer in Bordeaux, Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1720-1792) began his climb through the ranks of French bureaucracy. He eventually served as the Controleur général des Finances beginning in 1759, and in 1763, the year in which he acquired the present service, he ascended to the role of secrétaire d'État au Conseil. Notably, as administrateur et commisaire du Roi, he was responsible for the Sèvres manufactory for over a decade, from 1767-1778.
Within a few years of starting his career as a lawyer in Bordeaux, Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1720-1792) began his climb through the ranks of French bureaucracy. He eventually served as the Controleur général des Finances beginning in 1759, and in 1763, the year in which he acquired the present service, he ascended to the role of secrétaire d'État au Conseil. Notably, as administrateur et commisaire du Roi, he was responsible for the Sèvres manufactory for over a decade, from 1767-1778.