CIRCA 1770, BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, INCISED 3

The name for the model of the present lot derives from the artistic director of the Sèvres manufactory at the time; Jean Jacques Bachelier (1734-1803), who designed a number of models for vases in production from about 1765 to 1790. The present model sports four Classical bust medallions, which were most popular from about 1768 to 1772, and painted primarily by Jean-Baptiste-Etienne Genest, Jean-Louis Morin (active 1754-1787), and Jacques Fontaine (active 1752-1807).

Three vases of the same form and decoration but without the added richness of the gilt Taillandier or oeil-de-perdrix ground pattern are known: the pair in the Musée Lambinet, Versailles (nos. 90.4.3.1-2); and a single formerly in the collection of Maitre et Madame Michard Pellissier, sold Christie's, Paris, 27 June 2007, lot 59. The preparatory drawings for the design are conserved in the Sèvres archives: R1L3D10, folio 6.