For four oyster-stands from which this 'coquille d'huitre' belongs see Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain in Palazzo Pitti, no. 26, pp. 60 & 61. A further two oyster-stands were in Lord Rosebery's Collection, sale Sotheby's Mentmore, 24 May 1977, lots 2071 & 2072