Lot Essay
See Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Sévres Porcelain, Vincennes and Sévres 1740-1800, (London, 1987), no. 59, pl. 239 for a quatrefoil écuelle with similar vignettes of birds, and no. 58 for a similar circular example with a fruit finial. A similarly decorated example was sold by Sotheby's New York on 26th September 1989, lot 277. An example of the ronde form formerly in the collection of the 6th Earl of Rosebery at Mentmore, was sold by Sotheby's on 24th May 1977, lot 2005.