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First modelled in 1764 and 1765 by Falconet after Boucher for le Miserable, see s. Eriksen, Le Porcellane Francesi a Palazzo Pitt, Florence, 1973, no. 33
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FIVE SÈVRES ENFANTS FALCONET BOUCHER
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THREE WITH INCISED F, ONE WITH INCISED F AND STAR
La fille au nid kissing a bird in its nest; Le vielleur playing the hurdy-gurdy; Le miserable stooped in sorrow; Le coureur, running holding his cap on; and La mangeuse de pommes, eating a fruit from her apron and holding a basket (the second with chip to hat, the fourth with base built up and chip to cloth, the last lacking a finger, chips to braids)--about 4½in. (11.5cm.) high (5)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THREE WITH INCISED F, ONE WITH INCISED F AND STAR
La fille au nid kissing a bird in its nest; Le vielleur playing the hurdy-gurdy; Le miserable stooped in sorrow; Le coureur, running holding his cap on; and La mangeuse de pommes, eating a fruit from her apron and holding a basket (the second with chip to hat, the fourth with base built up and chip to cloth, the last lacking a finger, chips to braids)--about 4½in. (11.5cm.) high (5)