Lot Essay
Charles-Nicolas Dodin working at Vincennes and Sèvres 1754-1802
François Mirey working at Sèvres 1785-92
The painting on the cup is taken from an engraving by J. Massard after Boucher, Venus appuyé sur son cher Adonis, lui conseille de ne chasser que les bêtes a que la nature made for Ovid's Metamorphoses, (1767-71). The same scene appears on a cup probably painted by Christophe Ferdinand Caron in the Wallace Collection illustrated by Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, vol. II, p. 520 and on a seau à verre attributed to Le Guay, from the Louis XVI service at Buckingham Palace illustrated by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The Louis XVI Service, p. 82
The painting on the saucer is taken from an engraving by Noël Lemire after Charles Monnet, also made for Ovid's Metamorphoses, pl. 116. This scene also occurs on a plateau Bouret attributed to Pithou, from the Louis XVI service illustrated by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, ibid., p. 102
François Mirey working at Sèvres 1785-92
The painting on the cup is taken from an engraving by J. Massard after Boucher, Venus appuyé sur son cher Adonis, lui conseille de ne chasser que les bêtes a que la nature made for Ovid's Metamorphoses, (1767-71). The same scene appears on a cup probably painted by Christophe Ferdinand Caron in the Wallace Collection illustrated by Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, vol. II, p. 520 and on a seau à verre attributed to Le Guay, from the Louis XVI service at Buckingham Palace illustrated by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, The Louis XVI Service, p. 82
The painting on the saucer is taken from an engraving by Noël Lemire after Charles Monnet, also made for Ovid's Metamorphoses, pl. 116. This scene also occurs on a plateau Bouret attributed to Pithou, from the Louis XVI service illustrated by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, ibid., p. 102