Sculpture in biscuit after BoizotOn a circular base, a young girl rests on a thick cushion, holding a wreath of flowers out to her lover. Next to her a little love is represented, also holding a wreath. This group represents l'Amant couronné created by Louis-Simon Boizot in 1784, when he was director of the sculpture workshop at the Sevres factory. This biscuit has been made in the 19th century probably by the Samson factory, it bears on the base a signature of Boizot. The biscuits made in Sevres in the 18th century came back into fashion in the second half of the 19th century, and were largely imitated by other factories until the 20th century. The Samson manufacture, founded in 1845, claimed his ability to imitate the rarest ceramics. The Samson was used to sell their pieces for the price of a reproduction. The letterhead of the manufacture clearly stated this aptitude by using words such as imitation and reconstitution of old masterpieces. They copied the pieces of the most amazing collections always with the approval of the owners. Besides, the Sevres factory sold them molded models made of plaster of its own collection.Other models exist on the theme of l'Amant couronné, and bear the clear mark of the Samson house. A copy, directly coming from the factory is kept with its plaster in the Georges Vigne collection. This model has also probably benefited from a molded models sold by Sevres because the plaster has exactly the same size as the biscuit.
Circa :1870
Dim: W: 6,3 in - D: 6,3in - H: 7,9in.
Dim: L:16cm, P:16cm, H:20cm.
Bibliography: E. Bourgeois, Le biscuit de Sèvres au XVIII° siècle, Paris, 1909, ed. Goupil, Tome II, p 25T. Picquenard, A Billon, Louis-Simon Bizot, 1743-1809, sculpteur du roi et directeur de l'atelier de sculpture à la Manufacture de Sèvres, Versailles, 2001, ed. Somogy art, p 253F. Slitine, Samson génie de l'imitation, Paris, 2002, ed. Massin, p 105
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