A pair of French soft-paste porcelain putti c.1770

A pair of French soft-paste porcelain putti c.1770, attributed to Orléans, one seated with a basket of grapes, wearing a diadem of fruiting grapevine, the other with a basket of flowers resting on her left knee, each seated on a rocky stump beside leafy branches, some chipping, 15.5cm. (2)

Cf. The French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. II, Cyrille Froissart, The Orléans Porcelain Manufactory; its production of soft paste groups and figures' for a discussion of similar figures.