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Lot Essay
Based on the shape of the wooden planters made for orange trees and other exotic plants grown in 18th century greenhouses, 'caisses carrées' or 'à plantes' were produced in three sizes with prices ranging from 36 to 360 livres, depending on size and richness of decoration. The present pair, an early example of the largest size, may well be that mentioned by the marchand mercier Lazard Duvaux in his daybook or Livre Journal entry for 1 January 1757: "Deux caisses de Vincennes en gros-bleu caillouté, peintes à fleurs", sold to Madame de Pompadour at a cost of 432 livres.
Cf. T. Préaud and A. Fäy-Hallé, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1977-1978, pp. 37-38; also M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres Des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 144, cat. 62; T. Préaud and A. d'Albis, La porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, no. 197.
Claude-Joseph Cardin is recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter of flowers from 1749 to 1787. His mark of a script capital 'G,' previously unidentified, appears on pieces from the Vincennes bleu céleste service made for Louis XV. It is also found on a salad bowl in the assembled service offered as lot 26 in the present sale.
Cf. T. Préaud and A. Fäy-Hallé, Porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Grand Palais, 1977-1978, pp. 37-38; also M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres Des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p. 144, cat. 62; T. Préaud and A. d'Albis, La porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris, 1991, no. 197.
Claude-Joseph Cardin is recorded at Vincennes and Sèvres as a painter of flowers from 1749 to 1787. His mark of a script capital 'G,' previously unidentified, appears on pieces from the Vincennes bleu céleste service made for Louis XV. It is also found on a salad bowl in the assembled service offered as lot 26 in the present sale.