A Sèvres water jug and basin (pot à eau à la Romaine) dated 1780

of baluster form, painted by Nicquet, with gilt foliage along the shoulder and handle, the foot of quadrilobe form, the oval basin with shaped border painted with flowers, laurel wreaths and pearl-chains; small chip to foot of jug 

Alfred Wenz collection, sold Paris, Etude Ferri, Hôtel Drouot, 6 May 1994, lot 110.

Very minor scratches and small flake to gilding (ca. 0.5cm.) to foot of jug.
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The pot à la Romaine et jatte ovale was first made by the Vincennes factory in 1751. Jean Claude Duplessis père designed the form : in a letter preserved in the Sèvres Archives from Boileau to Hendrick van Hulst dated 26th October 1751, the model is named « Pot à la romaine de Mr du Plessis » (MNS H2) , see fig.1. A drawing made at the time of the French Revolution shows the outline of this shape with the inscription traits fait dun pot a leau encienne forme du Cit.[oyen] Duplessis pere. The model was in production throughout the second half of the eigtheenth Century; one of the latest known is the 1792 hard paste example in the Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres with black ground with gold and platinium chinoiserie decoration.
The present water jug and basin is mentionned in the painting kiln records on 10th July 1780, the decoration described as petites roses par Niquet et Vincent (MNS, Vl'.1. f°114).
For similar models see examples in the Metropolitan Museum, New York,  Waddesdon Manor and Palazzo Pitti, Florence.