Lot Essay
Louis-Denis Armand l'aîné, working at Vincennes and Sèvres between 1746 and 1779, was perhaps the finest painter of birds at Vincennes. His identity was recently made public in a lecture given by Bernard Dragesco, The Crescent Painter Identified: Louis Denis Armand L'aîné at Vincennes and Sèvres, at the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, 12 June 1993
By 1752 this form was produced in four sizes of which the present example is the second size. Between 1752 and 1760 about 29 examples were produced costing between 48 livres for an example with flowers to 168 livres for an example with a blue ground and gilding. For a full discussion of this form see R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, II, pp. 695-6. For an example of the first size in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, see J. H. Munger et al., The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1992, pp. 163/4, no. 111 and T. Préaud and A. d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, pp. 96-7, no. 23
By 1752 this form was produced in four sizes of which the present example is the second size. Between 1752 and 1760 about 29 examples were produced costing between 48 livres for an example with flowers to 168 livres for an example with a blue ground and gilding. For a full discussion of this form see R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, II, pp. 695-6. For an example of the first size in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, see J. H. Munger et al., The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1992, pp. 163/4, no. 111 and T. Préaud and A. d'Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, pp. 96-7, no. 23