A pair of Sèvres biscuit figures of 'La Petite Fille au Tablier' and 'Le Porteur d'Oiseaux', circa 1770
Modelled by Pierre Blondeau after François Boucher, she holding fruit in her apron and standing next to a tree stump, he reaching out with a bird in each hand and a basket of grapes next to his feet, 21cm and 20.3cm high, incised III to him (his right arm restuck) (2)
Another example of 'La Petite Fille au Tablier', also known as 'La Jardinière', is published in the catalogue: T. Préaud/G. Scherf, La Manufacture des Lumières: La sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution (2015), no. 13
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Modelled by Pierre Blondeau after François Boucher, she holding fruit in her apron and standing next to a tree stump, he reaching out with a bird in each hand and a basket of grapes next to his feet, 21cm and 20.3cm high, incised III to him (his right arm restuck) (2)
Another example of 'La Petite Fille au Tablier', also known as 'La Jardinière', is published in the catalogue: T. Préaud/G. Scherf, La Manufacture des Lumières: La sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution (2015), no. 13