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Lot Essay
The French name for this type of bulb-pot -- piédestal'à oignon' -- was first identified by S. Eriksen. See G. de Bellaigue and S. Eriksen, Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1987, p. 306; also R. Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, London, 1988, pp. 106-109; and M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres Des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 154, no. 93 for a full discussion of the form and related examples.
It has been suggested by de Bellaigue and Eriksen that the painter's 'y' mark, found at a distance from the interlaced L's factory mark, is likely that of Pierre-François Yvernel, a landscape painter working at Vincennes and Sèvres between 1750 and 1759. See de Bellaigue and Eriksen, ibid., p. 167, no. 135.
Another possibility is Edmé-François Bouillat père, who used a similar 'y' mark and painted flowers and birds after arriving at Sèvres in 1758. See D. Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on 18th Century Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, Little Berkhamsted,1997, p. 16 and 85.
It has been suggested by de Bellaigue and Eriksen that the painter's 'y' mark, found at a distance from the interlaced L's factory mark, is likely that of Pierre-François Yvernel, a landscape painter working at Vincennes and Sèvres between 1750 and 1759. See de Bellaigue and Eriksen, ibid., p. 167, no. 135.
Another possibility is Edmé-François Bouillat père, who used a similar 'y' mark and painted flowers and birds after arriving at Sèvres in 1758. See D. Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on 18th Century Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain, Little Berkhamsted,1997, p. 16 and 85.