Lot Essay
The girl first modelled in 1768 and the youth in the preceding year by Le Riche after drawing by Boucher.
Details
TWO SÈVRES BISCUIT FIGURES LA MARCHANDE DE POUPÉES AND LE FALOT
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED SCRIPT B TO HIS BASE
Carrying a tambourine and a basket of dolls; the youth with a lantern and an umbrella folded under his arm (handle of his umbrella perhaps lacking, damages to her headdress and to her dolls)--about 6¾in. (17cm.) high (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY, INCISED SCRIPT B TO HIS BASE
Carrying a tambourine and a basket of dolls; the youth with a lantern and an umbrella folded under his arm (handle of his umbrella perhaps lacking, damages to her headdress and to her dolls)--about 6¾in. (17cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Le Falot, Wilfred J. Sainsbury, sale, Sotheby's London, March 14, 1967
Literature
Wilfred J. Sainsbury, "Soft-paste biscuit of Vincennes-Sèvres", Antiques, January 1956, pp.49 for Le Falot
Ruth Berges, Collector's Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 264 for Le Falot
Ruth Berges, Collector's Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 264 for Le Falot