A Luneville group of young lovers

CIRCA 1760, INCISED INITIALS L.D OVER IMPRESSED RECTANGLE

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A Luneville group of young lovers
Circa 1760, incised initials L.D over impressed rectangle
Modelled after Paul-Louis Cyffl, as a farm girl and farm boy, she collecting eggs in her apron, he with a flute in his pocket and leaning over to kiss her on the cheek, standing before straw and a tree-stump on a square mound base, with broken eggs at her feet (crack through his left ankle, chipping to his hat, part of one of her plaits lacking, slight chipping to base)
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Paul-Louis Cyffl (1724-1806) provided models for the Lunville factory from c.1752 until 1766, when he established his own factory at Lunville. For a similar example in the Muses Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, see A.-M. Marien-Dugardin, Faiences Fines (catalogue 1961), p. 88, fig. 81 (inv. 3.403).

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