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拍品專文
This service is described in the archives at Sèvres (the Sales Registers and Artists' Ledgers) as a ‘Service fond Ecaille’ and ‘fond Ecaille – Cartels histories’. The present service components represent a significant proportion of the service as it was recorded in the sales return for the marchand mercier Martin-Eloi Lignereux, on 21 August 1801. Martin-Eloi Lignereux was a successful and innovative Parisian dealer in decorative arts who catered to a refined and demanding clientele. He was called upon to furnish some of the most splendid residences of his time and counted Madame du Barry, the Prince of Wales and Napoleon among his clients. The service appears to have been among a group of items, including other services, purchased from Sèvres by Lignereux, and all subject to 10% discount. The service as listed in the Sales Registers included 66 plates, 16 fruit-dishes, 2 sugar bowls, 14 ice-cream cups, 2 trays for ice-cups, 2 trays with conserve pots and 10 bottle coolers. A corresponding reference to the service appears in the Archives Nationales of France, where the bottle coolers are itemised as 2 wine-bottle coolers, 2 half-size wine-bottle coolers, 2 oval liqueur-bottle coolers, 2 glass-coolers and 2 ice-pails.
Most of the service appears to have been decorated by Edmé-François Bouillat père, in the late 1780s, 1790s and in the year 1800. Some pieces are recorded in the Artists Ledgers on 9th April and 17 May 1800 against his name, and also in the Piecework lists from 5 June to 18 September 1800. Bouillat worked at Sèvres from 1758 until 1810 and together with Pierre-Joseph Rosset painted garden landscapes of this genre in the late 1770s and 1780s, more commonly on the backs of vases and on teawares. The service was presumably sold by Lignereux to one of his clients, probably in the early 19th century, but to whom is not known. For detailed archival references and further discussion of the service see David Peters, Sèvres plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2015, Vol. V, pp. 1255-1256.
Most of the service appears to have been decorated by Edmé-François Bouillat père, in the late 1780s, 1790s and in the year 1800. Some pieces are recorded in the Artists Ledgers on 9th April and 17 May 1800 against his name, and also in the Piecework lists from 5 June to 18 September 1800. Bouillat worked at Sèvres from 1758 until 1810 and together with Pierre-Joseph Rosset painted garden landscapes of this genre in the late 1770s and 1780s, more commonly on the backs of vases and on teawares. The service was presumably sold by Lignereux to one of his clients, probably in the early 19th century, but to whom is not known. For detailed archival references and further discussion of the service see David Peters, Sèvres plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2015, Vol. V, pp. 1255-1256.