Stel biscuit sculpturen, Sevres Lot n° 3159

A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres cookie porcelain figures of 'Le Batteur en Granges' and 'La Batteuse de Beurre', the porcelain circa 1755-1765, the mounts Louis XVI late 18th century after François Boucher, 'Le Batteur en Granges' modelled as a young farmhand holding a scythe in his right hand resting against a tree trunk, incised JB monogram for Jean-Jacques Bachelier at the back of the trunk, 'La Batteuse de Beurre' as a milk-maid churning butter, both upon square bases, the mounts of square form, with a shaped apron applied with acanthus, on fluted bracket feet, h. 25 cm. (provenance Sotheby's sale 19-01-2016 London catalog number 390) Related Literature: E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, 1909; pl. 3, nos. 102. 103; S. Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980; R. Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247 (The JB monogram belongs to Jean-Jacques Bachelier, Director of the atelier de sculpture at Vincennes and Sèvres from 1751-57 and again in 1760-1773).Set of Sevres cookie porcelain figures on gilt bronze base of 'Le Batteur en Granges' and 'La Batteuse de Beurre', modeled as a young farmhand with a scythe in his right hand resting against a tree trunk, incised JB monogram for Jean-Jacques Bachelier on the back of the trunk and a milkmaid churning butter, porcelain 1755-1765, bronze base Louis XVI, 18th century, h. 25 cm. (provenance Sotheby's sale 19-01-2016 London cat. no. 390) Related literature: E. Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sevres , 1909; pl. 3, nos. 102. 103; S. Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980; R. Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247 (The JB monogram is of Jean-Jacques Bachelier, director of the atelier de sculpture in Vincennes and Sèvres from 1751-57 and again in 1760-1773)