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拍品專文
Patch boxes or boîte à mouches are rare in Ducrollay body of work and the present example is a luxurious and innovative example.
For the enamel work, Ducrollay took inspiration from the work of François Boucher's designs of putti. Jean Ducrollay was a contemporary of Boucher and both were amongst the most celebrated artists of their time. Both were regularly commissioned by the King’s Court, their names frequently appearing in the accounts of the Menus Plaisirs. Ducrollay may have known Boucher personally. He was certainly familiar with his work and aware of the success of his imagery.
The design and the colour palette of this patch box is reminiscent of the snuff-box made by Ducrollay dated 1759 set with panels of Sévres porcelain painted with similar putti scenes (in the Wallace Collection G. 31, illustrated in C. Truman, The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Gold Boxes, London, 2013, p. 123 to 126, no 24.). The similarities suggest that the enamelling was done by a porcelain painter working either in Vincennes or Sévres. Enamellers painters are difficult to identify, not only because they often did not sign their work, but although some were members of the Marchands-Orfèvres-Joyailliers, others belonged to the guild of Paternôtriers & Boutonniers en émail which included a large variety of professions including glass-sellers and potters. Maze-Sencier in his Livres des Collectionneurs lists a number of names that includes Aubert, Bourgoin, Le Bel, Le Sueur, Hamelin and de Mailly. Amongst them, Louis-François Aubert (1721-1755) appears to have worked regularly if not exclusively with Ducrollay, therefore he may have been the enameller of this patch box.
For the enamel work, Ducrollay took inspiration from the work of François Boucher's designs of putti. Jean Ducrollay was a contemporary of Boucher and both were amongst the most celebrated artists of their time. Both were regularly commissioned by the King’s Court, their names frequently appearing in the accounts of the Menus Plaisirs. Ducrollay may have known Boucher personally. He was certainly familiar with his work and aware of the success of his imagery.
The design and the colour palette of this patch box is reminiscent of the snuff-box made by Ducrollay dated 1759 set with panels of Sévres porcelain painted with similar putti scenes (in the Wallace Collection G. 31, illustrated in C. Truman, The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Gold Boxes, London, 2013, p. 123 to 126, no 24.). The similarities suggest that the enamelling was done by a porcelain painter working either in Vincennes or Sévres. Enamellers painters are difficult to identify, not only because they often did not sign their work, but although some were members of the Marchands-Orfèvres-Joyailliers, others belonged to the guild of Paternôtriers & Boutonniers en émail which included a large variety of professions including glass-sellers and potters. Maze-Sencier in his Livres des Collectionneurs lists a number of names that includes Aubert, Bourgoin, Le Bel, Le Sueur, Hamelin and de Mailly. Amongst them, Louis-François Aubert (1721-1755) appears to have worked regularly if not exclusively with Ducrollay, therefore he may have been the enameller of this patch box.