La Vache
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1770 - 1780
Materials
Soft paste biscuit porcelain
Measurements
150 x 220 mm
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730514
Summary
Figure group, soft paste biscuit porcelain, La Vache, modelled by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (Paris 1716 – Paris 1791) after a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Huet (1745 – 1811), for the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (established 1756), Sèvres, France, circa 1770-1780. A girl milk a cow while a boy feeds her hay. Base incised 'B2' and 'LR / 2.'
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.
Marks and inscriptions
Base: 'B2' and 'LR / 2.'
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Étienne-Maurice Falconet (Paris 1716 - Paris 1791), modeller Jean-Baptiste Huet, original artist