DATED 1880-88, GREEN LOZENGE S.80., IRON-RED RF DORE MARK FOR 1888, INCISED AD79-11, SIGNED L GELY

The sculptor-modeller and decorator Léopold-Jules-Joseph Gély joined the Sèvres manufactory in 1851 at the age of 31, and quickly became an early pioneer of the pâte-sur-pâte technique. Records show that he created 160 different pâte-sur-pâte pieces of different form during his career at the factory. In 1887, to the great regret of the administrator Théodore Deck, Gély applied for retirement. The present lot must therefore amongst his final pieces for the factory.