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Lot Essay
This plate was almost certainly part of a supplement to a service supplied to the maréchal-duc de Richelieu service formed part of a group of plates and compotiers delivered in the first half of 1775 to the dealer Mr Bazin. See D. Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, vol. III, pp. 537-538, for an explanation of the attribution.
François-Joseph Aloncle is recorded as a painter of birds, animals and landscapes at the factory from 1758 to 1781. Bertrand was a painter of flowers active at Sèvres from 1757 to 1775. Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé père was a gilder and painter active at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1753 to 1779. François Barré was a gilder and painter of flowers and patterns active at Sèvres from 1773 to 1778.
François-Joseph Aloncle is recorded as a painter of birds, animals and landscapes at the factory from 1758 to 1781. Bertrand was a painter of flowers active at Sèvres from 1757 to 1775. Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé père was a gilder and painter active at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1753 to 1779. François Barré was a gilder and painter of flowers and patterns active at Sèvres from 1773 to 1778.