La Guirlande Assise (after François Boucher)
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770 - 1780
Materials
Ceramics, soft paste biscuit porcelain
Measurements
125 x 115 x 70 mm
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730474.1
Summary
Figure, one of two, soft paste biscuit porcelain, La Guirlande Assise, from the series 'Enfants Falconet' modelled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (Paris 1716 – Paris 1791) for the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (established 1756), Sèvres, France, circa 1770-1780. Based on the engraved series 'Enfants Boucher' after drawings by François Boucher (Paris 1703 – Paris 1770), 1757. A seated girl holds a garland of flowers. Unmarked.
Provenance
Listed in the ‘Inventory of Heirlooms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart.’, 1838, in the China Cupboard, as one of ‘Seventeen small ornamental French China Figures.’ Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Étienne-Maurice Falconet (Paris 1716 - Paris 1791), modeller after François Boucher (Paris 1703 – Paris 1770), original artist