Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Biscuits (Cookies) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a pastry shop. A figure of a woman (perhaps shop owner) holding a molded cake, stands to the right of a column with shelves, left middleground, displaying cakes and cookies of many varieties. A well-dressed female client viewed from behind, center foreground, gives a cookie to a child held by a servant while a boy, right foreground, is preparing to eat a cake resting on a counter. Another little boy, left foreground, steals a lady finger from a basket on a low table. The roof of a house and trees appear through the open door, right background. A graphite sketch of a woman or man holding a fancy cake in lower right margin.