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Lot Essay
See Adrian Sassoon, Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain, Catalogue of The Collections, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1991, pp. 88-93, no. 18 for a pair of blue, white and gilt vases of similar form, and a discussion of other known examples. See also Svend Eriksen, Sèvres Porcelain, The James A. de Rothchild Collection at Waddesdon Manor (Fribourg, 1968), pp. 274-7, no. 99.
This form of vase is probably the vase refered to in the factory records as vases à têtes de bouc made circa 1767-72, though similar forms are referred to as 'vase à raisins' and 'vaze à têtes de bouc'. The form is referred to by Albert Troude in Choix de Modéles de la Manufacture Nationale de Porcelaine de Sèvres, Appartenant au Musée Céramique (Paris, 1897) as 'vase bouc à raisins', the popular title applied in the early 19th century and used to label the plaster original still at Sèvres. This vase appears to have been a popular form for use in garnitures and was made with a variety of forms of cover.
This form of vase is probably the vase refered to in the factory records as vases à têtes de bouc made circa 1767-72, though similar forms are referred to as 'vase à raisins' and 'vaze à têtes de bouc'. The form is referred to by Albert Troude in Choix de Modéles de la Manufacture Nationale de Porcelaine de Sèvres, Appartenant au Musée Céramique (Paris, 1897) as 'vase bouc à raisins', the popular title applied in the early 19th century and used to label the plaster original still at Sèvres. This vase appears to have been a popular form for use in garnitures and was made with a variety of forms of cover.