Lands Pair Representative Cooked Two Putti Each Standing On A Barrel In Column

Pair of ornamental terracotta Louis XVI. Each piece is composed of a child standing on a barrel column takes one and puts his foot on a horn of plenty, the other on a dolphin. A wreath of roses adorns each column. The base is encircled by a laurel wreath. The treatment of putti, dolphin and rose garlands and references to ancient with the shaft of a column and the laurels are characteristic of the neoclassical style in vogue under Louis XVI. The iconography combining cornucopia with dolphin figure provides a reconciliation projects especially biscuit published on the occasion of the birth of the son of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI October 22, 1781. The arrival if expected of a male heir to the crown of France is seen as a political guarantee of stability for the country. It is also an opportunity for the Sèvres manufactory to produce carved groups, lands table ornaments or baked biscuits combining the allegories of abundance and the dolphin. At meal "French", porcelain carved decorations occupied the center table with candelabra, trays ... These overcoats could have chosen themes in literature, take the famous statues or follow the news. Dim (HxWxD). 37 x16 x16 cm. Light meals.