Two important groups forming pendant in hard porcelain cookie
part of the main one designed for the King's table "The triumph of
Bacchus", one entitled "The Bacchante with cymbals" and the other "the
tambourine". They rest each on a cookie base decorated with vine leaves and
and grapes in relief.
Marks on one: "PF" for Pierre -Fortuné Fachard active from 1899 to
1934. "S" for Sèvres and date illegible.
On the other : "S 1921 DN" (DN for pâte Dure Nouvelle). "SEVRES". "ER"
for Emile -Maurice Roucheret, active from 1901 to 1941 molder-repairer.
Beginning of XXth century.
H total: 38 and 39 cm
(Damages and old repairs)
The main Bacchus was created in 1773 after the drawings of Jean_x0002_Hugues Taraval. See the catalog of the exhibition "La manufacture des
Lumières, la sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution", 2015, n° 138 & 139, p. 175
Expert: Aline Josserand Conan
Provenance: Countess of B.
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