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Bol Sein
de la Laiterie
de Rambouillet

designers:
Louis-Simon Boizot
Jean-Jacques Lagrené Jr.

design year:
1787

manufacturer:
Manufacture National de Sèvres, France

materials:
glazed and bisque white porcelain; gold decoration applied and burnished with agate and hematite

notes:
The "Laiterie de Rambouillet", a Royal dairy farm in the town of Rambouillet, just outside of Paris, was built by King Louis XVI in 1787 as the Queen's dairy, a "pastoral playground" for Queen Marie-Antoinette and her entourage to entertain themselves with country delights.

This two-part tasting bowl, commissioned from Sèvres by the Crown specifically for the farm, was designed for the Queen to partake of the farm's fresh milk and is said to be fashioned from a cast of her own breast. The artists adorned the tripod with the head and hoofs of a goat, the Queen's favorite animal. In 2004, Sèvres produced these two special bowls directly from its original moulds. An 18th Century original resides in the museum at the Sèvres manufactory.

Sèvres was founded by Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson in 1756, later known as the Marquise de Pompadour, the official mistress of King Louis XV. Widely known as a patron of the arts and literature, this powerful woman planned the building of the Petit Trianon Palace at Versailles and the École Militaire, as well as the porcelain manufactory at Sèvres.

dimensions:
bowl dimensions: Ø 5.25", height: 5"

price:
$3,700.00