Four Sevres biscuit statuettes

Four biscuits of Sevres on an circular base of blue porcelain and gold highlights.
The first Satyr is standing, leaning against a tree trunk, at his feet is an overturned amphora and a gourd. This Satyr plays trumpet and holding another one in his right hand. A second statuette is a Faun in the same position as the previous but with a fruit basket at his feet. He has lost its musical instrument, probably a flute.
The other two biscuits represent Bacchantes. At the foot of the first one, is a vase filled with fruit, she holds an amphora and a cup. The second Nymph has a fruit basket at her feet and plays sitar.
These models present le Faune aux cornes et le Faune à la flûte as well as la Bacchante à l'amphore et la Bacchante au sistre. There are marqued s (18)76 on the base.
These four biscuits, along with the two models sold in a second batch, are the surtout de Bacchus. This model was started at the Sevres factory at the end of 1772 after the designs of Jean-Hughes Taraval and finished in 1773.

Bibliography:E. Bourgeois, Le biscuit de Sèvres au xviii° siècle, Paris, 1909, ed. Goupil, Tome i, p 75, Tome ii, p 16