A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF A GARDENER AND COMPANION ('LE GRAND JARDINIER' AND 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE')
Modelled after Boucher, incised F marks, first modelled in 1755
The boy standing erect, his right leg slightly raised, holding up a basket of flowers resting on his right arm, wearing a jacket and knee breeches; his female companion wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small flower bouquet in her right hand and a flower basket under her left arm, another basket behind her, on angular rockwork bases
Approx. 10in. (25.4cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURES OF A GARDENER AND COMPANION ('LE GRAND JARDINIER' AND 'LA GRANDE JARDINIERE')
Modelled after Boucher, incised F marks, first modelled in 1755
The boy standing erect, his right leg slightly raised, holding up a basket of flowers resting on his right arm, wearing a jacket and knee breeches; his female companion wearing a laced bodice, skirt and apron, holding a small flower bouquet in her right hand and a flower basket under her left arm, another basket behind her, on angular rockwork bases
Approx. 10in. (25.4cm.) high (2)