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Lot Essay
See John Whitehead, 'Le Cuvettes à Fleurs unies en Porcelaine de Vincennes-Sèvres', Sèvres, Revue de la Société des Amis du Musée National de Céramique, no. 7, 1998, p. 43, where he notes that there are two Curvettes à fleurs unies decorated in lapis paysage in 1755. Of these two examples, both purchases are recorded on 29 December 1755, one to Bazin and one to Machard, each for 240 livres.
The painter's mark on the present flower vase remains unidentified, see David Peter's, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. I, p. 94 where the author records this mark as used in circa 1754 by a painter of birds.
The painter's mark on the present flower vase remains unidentified, see David Peter's, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. I, p. 94 where the author records this mark as used in circa 1754 by a painter of birds.