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Pair Of Ormolu Porcelain Vases Manufature Nationale Sèvres, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of cobalt blue porcelain mounted ormolu vases from Sèvres with gilded bronze stands, decorated with Rococo gold enamel florals and polychrome floral swirls, gallant decoration...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Pair Of Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Candelabra, François Boucher, 18th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, François Boucher
Located in Lisbon, PT
These pieces are dual-purpose — they serve as decorative urns, and they transform into candlestick candelabras with candleholders. The urns feature intricately sculpted gilt bronze ...
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Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Candelabras

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
By François Boucher, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Candelabra with a hand painted scene by François Boucher. ‘P . F . Boucher’ original mark on the side, also marked with a double ...
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Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Hand-decorated Sévres porcelain tureen from the 50s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Catania, IT
Sévres porcelain tureen decorated by hand from the 50s. Product in good condition with small signs of wear caused by the years and use. Its history is full of charm and particular ev...
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Vintage 1950s French Soup Tureens

Materials

Porcelain

Cristal de Sèvres. Hand-Blown glass candlesticks, France, 1970s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
French crystal candlesticks from Cristal de Sèvres, 1970s, set of 2. Both are hand-made candlesticks in turned blown glass, in transparent color and gilded chromed metal. Very much i...
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Vintage 1970s French Hollywood Regency Candlesticks

Materials

Crystal, Metal, Chrome

Sevres Blue Ground Baluster Vase and Cover
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Astoria, NY
Sevres Blue Ground Baluster Vase and Cover, late 19th century, painted with a courting couple and cupid within a romantic landscape, signed "Maxant", with elaborate gilded borders, S...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Sevres Amphora with Champleve Enamel
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres amphora with Champleve enamel Material Porcelain and hand-painted enamel Origin France Circa 1900 Neoclassical style perfect condition.
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Large Ormolu Porcelain Vase By Manufature Nationale Sèvres, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A cobalt blue porcelain mounted ormolu vase from Sèvres with gilded bronze stands, decorated with Rococo gold enamel florals and polychrome floral swirls, gallant decoration in the c...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases

Materials

Metal, Bronze

French Ormolu Mounted Pink Sevres Vase, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A beautiful antique decorative pink porcelain Sèvres Style urn with a hand-painted background of a guitar musician and his lady. A Serenata scene. In the back a lake scene with a ca...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Urns

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
By François Boucher, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very rare Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Candelabra with a hand painted scene by François Boucher. ‘P . F . Boucher’ original mark on the side, also marked with ...
Category

Antique 18th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Set of 12, Sevres 19th C., Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Louis Phillippe Plates
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, Set of 12 Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service of Louis Phillippe. This exquisite 19th-century porcelain plate set, crafted by the renowned Sèvres manufac...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Sevres 19th C., Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Louis Phillippe Cup / Saucer Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, 20 Pieces (10 Sets) Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service of Louis Phillippe This exquisite Sèvres porcelain cup and saucer grouping (10 sets) dates to the ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Phenomenal 12 Sevres 19th C, Chateau Des Tuileries 1846 Chateau Scene Cup Saucer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres, 24 Pieces (12 Sets) Circa 1846. Made for the Chateau Des Tuileries service. Each extraordinary teacup is features a pristine hand painted surface of a Famous Chateau in Fra...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Ice Pails
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Ice Pails (Seau or jatte à glace). In three parts, the urn shaped bowl, which is fitted with angular handles terminating in gi...
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Antique 18th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Exceptional Pair of Sèvres Biscuit and Bronze Candle Holders (1758-1815)
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
We are pleased to present a stunning pair of Sèvres candle holders crafted between 1758 and 1815, combining the elegance of biscuit porcelain and bronze. Each piece features two arms...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Candlesticks

Materials

Porcelain

A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Bottle Coolers
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Exeter, GB
A fine pair of 18th century Sèvres soft paste porcelain Bottle Coolers (Seaux à bouteille). The Etruscan shaped coolers, each with two loop handles, finely decorated with a turquoise...
Category

Antique 18th Century French Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Massive 19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Labors of Cupid Circular Tray
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Massive 19th Century Sèvres Porcelain 'Labors of Cupid' Circular Tray France, 1870s, with blue painted interlaced 'L's' underglaze mark This massive 19th-century Sèvres porcelain 'L...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Baroque Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Massive Lapis Lazuki Elephants Sculpture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in San Diego, CA
Massive lapis lazuki elephants sculpture from Greece, circa 1990s. The piece is well detailed, nicely veined and has an absolutely stunning pallet of blue shades. The entire sculpt...
Category

Late 20th Century French Animal Sculptures

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Sevres porcelain sauce boat - signed, dated 1820
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Large Sevres porcelain gravy boat enhanced with fine gold ; fine early 19th century production, Restauration period (Empire style, Restauration production). Sevres Manufacture signat...
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Antique 1820s French Restauration Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Table Lamps by Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of fine quality 19th Century Louis XVI style Sevres porcelain ormolu mounted table lamps. Traditional French porcelain. These beautiful hand-crafted, hand-painted Porcelain de...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Paul Milet for Sevres Red Flambe Ormolu Mounted Neoclassical Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Paul Milet for Sevres Red Flambe Ormolu Mounted Neoclassical Vase Designed by Paul Milet (1870-1950) Executed by Sevres Porcelain A beautiful Paul Milet for Sevres red flambe ormo...
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20th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Ormolu

Hand-Painted Sèvres Porcelain Biscuit Jar with Marking
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Milano, IT
Immerse yourself in timeless art with this exceptional biscuit jar made of exquisite Sèvres porcelain. The Sèvres mark on the base confirms its authenticity and origin from one of th...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Sevres Blue Celeste Putti Motif Sugar Box 1767, Special Order
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Sevres Blue Celeste Putti Motif Sugar Box 1767, Special Order With an uncommon interlaced L mark in gold, Date letter O, with painter/gilder marks Its been suggested th...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Sevres Creamware Figures Emblematic of Four Seasons, Modeled after/by Bachelier
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sevres Creamware Figures Emblematic of Four Seasons, Modeled after/by Bachelier  France, 19th Century  Three are marked with the interlaced L mark, one is numbered 260, and two have ...
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Palatial French Ormolu-Mounted Sevres Porcelain Hand-Painted Vase and Cover
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Queens, NY
A palatial french ormolu-mounted Sevres Porcelain hand-painted vase and cover, circa 1838. This monumental Sevres porcelain vase stands 56" high, and is beautifully hand-painted w...
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Vases

Materials

Bronze

Hollywood Regency 3.3kg Crystal Glass "LUCID" Table Light by Sevres France 1960s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article: Table light base crystal glass Producer: Sevres, France Origin: France Age: 1960s   This fantastic vintage table light was designed...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Crystal, Metal

19th Century Sevres Biscuit Group of Three Frolicking Puttos
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Sevres biscuit group of three frolicking puttos France, Date Lettered 1884 A splendid example of 19th century Sevres biscuit porcelain in the 18th century style of ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Pair Antique French Sevres Red Porcelain Gilt Bronze Pot Pourri Urns 1804-1809
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Portland, OR
Pair of Antique French 'Sevres' porcelain lidded pot pourri and gilded bronze lidded urns, 1804-1809. The urns having a rich red ground with gilded panels, the domed lids with gilded...
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Antique Early 1800s French Empire Urns

Materials

Bronze

French Sevres Bisque Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Candelabra Lamp Signed Feuchere
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A beautifully cast French Serves bisque porcelain grouping showing two classically draped maidens or Graces standing on a circular bisque base with flutes and inset with decorative f...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Sevres Porcelain Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box octagonal format Hand painted and signed on its base perfect condition Origin France Circa 1900 its mount is gilded bronze.
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Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Sevres Porcelain Box
Sevres Porcelain Box
$1,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Box Sevres Porcelain Romantic Scene
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain romantic scene box napoleon III style Origin france hand painted 19th century circa 1890 with no stamp perfect condition.
Category

Antique 1890s European Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Box Sevres Porcelain Romantic Scene
Box Sevres Porcelain Romantic Scene
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Imperial Manufacture of Sevres Porcelain Inkwell
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 19th century French porcelain inkwell from the imperial manufacture of Sevres. Green and gold decor with dolphin's head. Stamped Sevres at the back. Rare item.
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Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Sevres Pair of Porcelain Bronze Covered Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
The dark blue background of the porcelain vases stand on a gilded carved octagonal pedestal. The base is decorated with gilt scrolls of acanthus leaves and foliage. The front center ...
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Petite Sevres Porcelain and Bronze Ormolu Mounted Urn Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a very old gilt and pale pink background urn depicting a continuous hand-painted scene of a lady sitting in a pastoral landscape holding her fan and observing nature. In the ...
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Urns

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Lapis Blue Porcelain Garnitures by Sevres of France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in San Diego, CA
Exquisite pair of lapis blue porcelain and brass garnitures by Sevres of France, circa late 1800s. The set is in very good antique condition with no chips or cracks. Gorgeous pair! #...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Garniture

Materials

Brass

"Poppies and Tulips, " Extremely Fine Art Deco Vase by Fontaine for Sevres, 1927
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most exquisitely designed and painted Art Deco pieces we have ever seen, this flaring vase by Anne Marie Fontaine for Sevres features a flaring, trumpet-form upper section...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Box of Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
sevres box circa 1900 perfect state cobalt blue with gold hand painted origin france. The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known European madame-...
Category

Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Box of Sevres
Box of Sevres
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Porcelain Chest Romantic Scene Lux
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain chest romantic scene (Lux) signed Lux 19th century crica 1900.
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Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Rococo Ceramic Sevres Chest
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rococo ceramic sevres chest hand painted signed Rochette perfect condition 19th century circa 1870.
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Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Rococo Ceramic Sevres Chest
Rococo Ceramic Sevres Chest
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Pair of 19th Century French Sèvres Celeste Blue Porcelain Cachepots
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and rare pair of 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sèvres Celeste blue porcelain cachepots. These cache pots are extremely rare to find in this monumental size. Ea...
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Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Bronze

Gilt Framed Sèvres Bisque Plaque with Cornelian Cabochons and Gilt Bronze Mounts
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Norwood, NJ
Gilt framed 19th century Sèvres bisque plaque depicting cupid and zodiac with cornelian cabochons and gilt bronze mounts. Sèvres bisque rondel medallion terracotta colored background.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Shadow Boxes

Materials

Stone, Gold Plate, Bronze

White Round Sèvres Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
White round Sèvres box rococo style perfect condition origin France, circa 1900.
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Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

White Round Sèvres Box
White Round Sèvres Box
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase Signed Sèvres, Painted by Lucat, France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain and gilt bronze vase signed Sèvres, painted by Lucat, France, late 19th century.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Bronze

Sevres French Clear Crystal Sculptural Art Glass Centerpiece, Signed
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning midcentury clear crystal sculptural centerpiece from the 1950s-1960s by Sevres France. This crystal piece is absolutely beautiful in its organic form. Solid, heavy piece. ...
Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Crystal

pair of amphorae Sevres hand painted porcelain with champlevé Origin France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
A pair of amphorae Sevres hand-painted porcelain with champlevé glaze Origin France perfect condition. The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Vases

Materials

Enamel

Sevres Ceramica chest Rococo style 19th century 1870 hand painted
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres Ceramica chest Rococo style 19th century 1870 hand painted origin France Perfect unrestored condition natural wear. The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most impo...
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Antique 1870s French Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase Signed Sèvres, France, Late 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain and gilt bronze vase signed Sèvres, France, late 19th century.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Vases

Materials

Bronze

Pop Shade of Green Porcelain Cuo, by Manufacture de Sèvres, 1962
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvre -Cup Pop shade of green porcelain cup Manufacture de Sèvres, dated 1962 Decor in shades of green by Bernard Bannier. Measures: H 5.5 cm / 2,2 in. Ø 18 cm / 7 in.
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure of a Nude "Le Repos" After Alfred Boucher
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French Sevres biscuit (Bisc) porcelain figure of a recumbent nude lady titled "Le Repos" after a model by Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934) Sensually depicting a young w...
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Vintage 1910s French Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Vases Sèvres, Manufacture de Sèvres, 1986
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A pair of vase -Sèvres Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres France, Sèvres, 1986. Unique pieces Pair of oval-roll-shape porcelain vases, each presents a unique decor of fine crysta...
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20th Century French Beaux Arts Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Sèvres Porcelain Hand-Painted Female Nude Table Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Sèvres Porcelain hand-painted table lamps with two part brass and umber velvet base. The hand-painted and glazed bodies of the table lamps are a female nude on a heathered ci...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Pair of Sèvres Style Jardinières, circa 1860
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Each circular bowl with putti jard...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Vases in Sèvres Porcelain pink and gold with floral decoration 1890s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Monza, IT
Ancient set of two-handled French ceramic vases crafted and hand decorated in the 19th century. The vases are characterized by a purpura and gold bottom, with florar polychrome patte...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Stoneware Jug with Crystalline Glaze by Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Unique stoneware Art Nouveau jug with crystalline glaze in brown and blue by Sevres, circa 1900. Measures: Height 8 1/2" (22cm), width 6" (15cm). Stamped "Made in France", "Sevres...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Mid-Century Genet et Michon Chandelier with Shades by Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Gênet et Michon
Located in Kingston, NY
Beautifully designed and highly ornamental chandelier in polished brass designed and executed by Gene et Michon with twelve (12) frosted white and gilded decorations shades by Sevres.
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Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Art Glass

Large Vase by Andre Plantard for Sevres
By Andre Plantard, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Earthenware "faience" vase with glossy glaze in shades of blue and white, 1931.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Extraordinary 1846 Sevres Chateau des Tuileries Ormolu Porcelain Compote Server
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and rare Napoleon III compote. -Chateau des Tuileries marking- France, circa 1846. A shallow bowl with Bleu Celeste border, enclosing a gilt inner border of scrolls an...
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Centerpieces

Materials

Ormolu

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A maker of exemplary European ceramics for hundreds of years, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres has produced porcelain of the highest quality since 1740.

The factory enjoyed royal patronage from its earliest days, and its most prominent patrons in the late 1700s — King Louis XV of France and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour — commissioned some of the period’s most elegant and striking pieces (only the truly wealthy could afford porcelain at this time). The company was originally established in Vincennes but was moved at the request of Madame de Pompadour, in 1756, to Sèvres, near Versailles, so that its operations would be closer to her château.

Sèvres became a mighty and much-revered factory working under a special grant from King Louis XV — the company’s owner as of 1759 and whose abundance of orders for special state gifts put financial strain on the company. Madame de Pompadour is said to have commissioned Sèvres to create an entire indoor garden of porcelain botanicals, for example.

While Sèvres gained a sterling reputation for its soft-paste porcelain wares, the company was late in entering into the production of hard-paste porcelain.

Hard-paste porcelain is the most common type of Chinese porcelain, then a widely exported and profitable product that was not made in Europe until the 18th century. The resources at Sèvres were largely relegated to meeting the demands of Louis XV, and secondly, it did not acquire the secret formula for hard-paste porcelain until 1761.

Until it obtained the coveted secrets behind hard-paste porcelain from a chemist named Pierre-Antoine Hannong — and, years later, gained access to the elusive raw materials to make hard-paste porcelain — Sèvres produced soft-paste porcelain for decades that was widely celebrated but is comparatively a far weaker type as opposed to the hard-paste productions of the company’s rival, Meissen, in Saxony, the first to produce true porcelain outside of Asia.

The artisans at Sèvres applied the rarest and most difficult-to-produce colors to their decorative objects and dinner services. One such color, the bright bleu de roi, became the manufacturer’s signature shade and is found on many of their objects. Sèvres also experimented with rarely glazed or unglazed works that bore no decoration at all — bisque porcelain, French for “biscuit,” refers to unadorned white porcelain sculptures made at Sèvres that resemble white marble after being kiln-fired.

Sèvres marks were applied over the glaze or rendered with cuts by a sharp tool — authentic Sèvres porcelain is most commonly marked with two interlaced Ls that are painted in blue and enclose a third letter. Painters and potters were tasked with affixing marks to record their role in the creation of a particular piece, and as a lot of these artisans’ names are recorded in archival factory materials — and there is also much to be learned at the Sèvres museum — it’s likely that you can accurately identify your Sèvres piece.

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