18th Century Rococo Bust in Biscuit Porcelain Depicting Queen Marie Antoinette of France from Sevres, Late 1700s

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spectacular, beautiful rococo sculpture in fine biscuit porcelain, with a blue glazed porcelain base finished with pure gold, … Read more Item description:
spectacular, beautiful rococo sculpture in fine biscuit porcelain, with a blue glazed porcelain base finished with pure gold, depicting the bust of queen marie antoinette of france. Made by the famous french manufacturer sevrès, signed under the base with a gold underglaze mark from 1793 and further confirmed by the beautiful patina under the base.

useful information for evaluating the item:
from internet research, we find that biscuit sculptures from the 1700s and 1800s from this manufacturer are offered at auction at very high prices, ranging from €10,000 for those depicting a large figure or a pair of figures, to a maximum of almost €100,000 for larger and older groups. For biscuit figurines more similar to ours, depicting important figures from the 1700s, but small busts like ours, prices range from a minimum of €500 to peaks of around €1,500-2,000 as asking prices or auction prices.

final thoughts on the object:
the most remarkable thing about this fabulous bustier is that it depicts the queen of france, marie antoinette, who was beheaded on october 16, 1793, the same year this bustier was made. The artistic quality of this small sculpture is extremely high, with not even the slightest flaw, perfect plastic execution, the drapery with the knot at the center of the breast, the eyes, the mouth, and above all the beautiful hairstyle with the hair gathered behind the head with a beautiful large ribbon tied in a bow.

information about the artist and/or manufacturer:
the first sevrès mark consists of two capital l's in italics facing each other, followed by a dot between the two l's, and this continued until 1752. In 1753, a capital a appeared inside the two l's, then a b for 1754, and so on until z for 1777 (the letters w and x were not used). After that, the letter doubled, so we have a double aa for 1778, a double bb for 1779, and so on until a double pp, as in our bustier for 1793. In the last photo, we have included the sevrès letter marking system.


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