CIRCA 1754, BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER B FOR 1754-1755, INCISED WAVED LINE

First recorded in 1754 in three sizes and in 1755 in six sizes, the form of the present vase is known as a vase cannelé, a vase à cannelures and a vase à corcet. Depending on the decoration, vases of this type cost between 72 and 432 livres. The inventory prepared in the mid-19th century by Alexandre Brongniart, the director of the Sèvres factory since 1800, lists the shape as a gobelet à côtes. See Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres, Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, October 14, 1977 - January 16, 1978, p. 140 for a discussion of the shape and an illustration of a pair of similar vases with their covers.