The painter's mark '2' has recently been attributed by David Peters to Jean-Jacques Antheaume, who was active at Vincennes in 1752 and from 1754 to 1758. To date, it has been noted on ten pieces from the period 1754 to 1756, all with landscapes, some including small figures, and with bleu lapis ground colour. This cup, cover and stand, along with lot 28 in this sale, represent additions to these recorded works and are the only extant pieces bearing date letter 'D' for 1757. Antheaume worked at the factory for two months in 1752, before leaving to work at Chantilly. He returned to Vincennes in November 1754, on a monthly salary of 48 livres, which had increased to 66 livres by April 1756. The factory work records refer to him as painting 'animaux avec le paisage'. For a detailed discussion on the attribution of the '2' mark to Antheaume see David Peters, Decorator and Date Marks on 18th Century Sèvres Porcelain: Supplement, Little Berkhamsted, 2019, p. 74, no. 14. A 1756 blue-ground ewer (broc Roussel) and basin, painted by Antheaume with similar scenes, was sold by Pescheteau-Badin, Hôtel Drouot, Paris on 26 November 2021, lot 101 (48,000 euros).