CIRCA 1776, IMPRESSED BO AND 12 FOR LOUIS-SIMON BOIZOT TO THE SIDE OF THE PLINTH

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A large Sevres dated biscuit (hard paste) group of la vertu recompensee
Circa 1776, impressed Bo and 12 for Louis-Simon Boizot to the side of the plinth
Naturalistically modelled in relief and flower-encrusted with a young maiden clad in a bodice seated on a grassy mound, flanked by; a kneeled maiden holding a basket filled with an arrow, a standing young bagpipe player, a seated young maiden weeping, a standing young man with brimmed hat holding a banner, a kneeling young man holding a shield inscribed: le vertu récompensee etc. above 1776, and a standing gentleman in waistcoat and culottes holding his right arm towards her head, on rockwork oval plinth (restored)
37cm high

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Lot Essay

Louis-Simon Boizot (1743-1809) was the director of sculpture at Sèvres from 1773 to 1809. His arrival was timely; models were needed for the new hard paste, in full production from 1772. He chiefly designed biscuit groups. Bourgeois lists almost 150 groups designed by Boizet before the revolution, many representing classical history and mythology.
Biscuit figures made from 1773-1780 are inscribed BO as the above.
Cf. R. Savill, The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain III (London 1988), p.967 for a discussion.

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