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Lot Essay
The present candlesticks appear to be unique and the form does not appear to be recorded in the archives at Sèvres. It is possible the candlesticks were created to form part of a déjeuner decorated with cornflowers, and if this was the case a separate archival entry may not have been recorded for them. As the candlesticks were made in the same year and have the same decoration as the dinner-service ordered by Marie Antoinette, it is interesting to speculate whether the recipient for these candlesticks may have been the same as the service.
The painter's mark is either for Edme-François Bouillat père, a painter of flowers and birds at Sèvres from 1758 to 1810, or Mme Genévieve-Louise Bouillat, a painter of flowers at Sèvres from 1776 to 1798, as both used a similar mark; see David Peters, Sevres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. I, p. 23.
The painter's mark is either for Edme-François Bouillat père, a painter of flowers and birds at Sèvres from 1758 to 1810, or Mme Genévieve-Louise Bouillat, a painter of flowers at Sèvres from 1776 to 1798, as both used a similar mark; see David Peters, Sevres Plates and Services of the 18th Century, Little Berkhamsted, 2005, Vol. I, p. 23.