Vincent Taillandier was active at Sèvres as a flower painter on small scale objects from 1753-1790

Cf. The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, Christie's New York, March 20, 1991, lot 192 for a travelling service partially painted by Taillandier in the same ground colour and pattern as the present example; also Marcelle Brunet et Tamara Préaud, Sèvres des Origines à nos Jours, Paris, 1978, fig. 60 for the form