Although eighty-nine examples of this form are listed in the factory sales records, only twelve can be accounted for today. Of these, eight are in museums. Frustratingly, the sales records include very few references to decoration, noting simply 1 bouillotte and a price ranging from less than 100 livres to 360.

For a similar model of this rare form in the collection of Sèvres-Cité de la Ceramique (no. MNCS 23260), see M. Brunet and T. Préaud, Sèvres, des origines à nos jours, Fribourg, 1978, p.109. Also compare the kettle with gilt Etruscan decoration in the Art Institute of Chicago, museum ref. no. 1998.517a-b, and the gold-ground kettle recently sold in the Dalva collection that likely belonged to Marie Antoinette, Christie's, New York, 22 October 2020, lot 89.

Étienne Evans is recorded as a painter at the manufactory from 1752 to 1807. Henri-Martin Prévost is recorded as a gilder at the manufactory from 1757 to 1797. Interestingly both artists worked on another kettle sold in these rooms, 15 October 2019, lot 204.