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Sevres Cobalt Blue Amphora
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Houston, TX
Very dramatic cobalt blue porcelain features a scene of wigged couple surrounded by billowing clouds. Vase sits on a beautiful cast gilt brass pedestal, as well as rimmed top, han...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Sevres Porcelain Floral Enameled Lidded Vanity Jar
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century Sèvres porcelain thread dispenser is an exquisite example of the luxurious craftsmanship and decorative artistry associated with the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, o...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Ormolu

Rare Pair Carved Giltwood French Louis XV Style Mirrors with Sevres Plaques
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a stunning, rare and desirable pair of French Louis XV mirrors with large Sevres plaques with cherubs and killer giltwood frames. The mirrors are in good condition and date t...
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Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique French Sevres Porcelain Floral Enamel Decorated Vase C. 1770
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres (French, founded 1756), marked for 1770. An antique French porcelain urn or vase decorated with a green porcelain base, white ground windows featuring heavy floral decoration...
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Vases

Materials

Enamel

Antique Sevrés Japonisme Gilt Porcelain 20 Piece Demitasse Set with Lilies C1900
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique 20 piece set of French Sevrés Japonism demitasse set offers porcelain construction with gilt lilies, en veso makers mark as photographed; c1900 Set includes: 6 plates 6.2...
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Early 20th Century French Japonisme Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Sevres Ornithological Pattern Plate, 1759-60
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Sevres Ornithological Pattern Plate, 1759-60 With numerous blue underglaze date, painters, gilder marks. A exquisite piece of Sevres porcelain, this 18th-century ornith...
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 1857 Sevres Napoleon III Cobalt “N” Crowned Cup/Saucer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique 1857 Sevres Napoleon III Cobalt “N” Crowned Cup/Saucer. The cup & saucer is decorated with the Napoleon III service crowned “N” to each piece with a cobalt ground and gilt ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Table Lamp in Hand Painted Sevres Porcelain and Glass Lampshade from the 1940s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Milano, MI
Hand painted Sevres porcelain table lamp, with bronze structure and green glass shade, made in the 1940s Sèvres ceramics are one of the most famous ceramic manufacturers in all of...
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Vintage 1940s French Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

20th Century French Bronze and Sevres Porcelain Vase, 1900s
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice early 20th century French porcelain vase from the famous Sevres manufacture in the 1900s. Beautiful flowers and golden details. The bronze part is removable. There is als...
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Antique Early 1900s French Urns

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Pair of Bronze and Blue Sevres Porcelain Candelabras
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LEGNY, FR
Pair of candelabras in gilded bronze and blue Sèvres porcelain dating from the end of the 19th century. Vases adorned with branches of roses and different flowers (a few pistils miss...
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Stunning Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Porcelain Rectangular Plaque
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A stunning late 19th century sèvres style porcelain rectangular plaque. A landscape scene depicting two lovers in a boat surrounded by water and trees, in a giltwood and red felt ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood

Sevres French Porcelain Centerpiece Bowl Hand Painted Figural, Late 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Sevres French Porcelain centerpiece bowl hand painted figural, Late 19th century. A French, late 19th century, centerpiece with a hand painted outdoor scene of figural group, the ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Decorative Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

French Sèvres Porcelain Cobalt Gilt Decorated Portrait Vase 20th C
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French Sevres portrait vase offers porcelain construction in urn form with reserve having courting scene on cobalt blue ground with gilt highlights throughout, maker mark on base a...
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20th Century French Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Vases Red Ceramic and Bronze Paul Milet for Sèvres, 1920
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Antwerp, BE
Pair of French red ceramic Art Deco vases or urns with dark red glaze and bronze decorations. Paul Milet (1870-1950) son of Optat Milet. France 1920.
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Sevres Urns, Hand Painted Gilt Porcelain with Ormolu, 19th C
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique pair of French Sevres covered urns offer porcelain construction with reserves having hand painted courting scenes with gilt trimming, foliate cast ormolu mounts, and signe...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Ormolu

French Sevres Crystal Figural Golf Bag 20th C
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
A French figural golf bag by Sevres offers partially frosted crystal construction, signed on base, 20th century Measures - 6.25'' H x 2.5'' W x 2.5'' D.
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20th Century French Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Crystal

Antique Pair French Sevres Hand Painted Gilt Floral Porcelain Vases c1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
A pair of antique French vases by Sevres offers porcelain construction with rim having surround of knobs and scroll elements over vessel with handpainted floral reserves, gilt highli...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Vases

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

1950s French Genet et Michon Chandelier with Cala Shades by Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Genet Michon, Gênet et Michon
Located in London, England
A large, 1950s, mid century, French chandelier by Gênet et Michon. The polished brass frame has a beautiful aged patina and is very well made. The 24 arms are in three-tiers - 6 posi...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Pr Ormolu Mtd French Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Seasons Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
An elaborate and monumental pair of 19th century Ormolu Mounted French Sevres Porcelain and biscuit porcelain cobalt blue ground "Four Seasons" vases. This pair of vases are extremel...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain Figural Grouping, Circa 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French Sevres porcelain figural grouping depicts hand painted courting scene of boy and girl in countryside setting, raised on foliate cast plinth, gilt highlights, marked...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Sevres Hand Painted Porcelain Figural Grouping of Girl, c1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres porcelain figural grouping depicts hand painted scene with seated girl with her hat and flower in countryside setting, raised on plinth with foliate and gilt de...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Chest Sevres Empire style circa 1900
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chest sevres very good condition without repairs or restorations signed Libertem on the cover decorated on its 5 sides. The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most importa...
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Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Sevres Gilt Bronze Hand Painted Porcelain Mounted Oval Dish Centerpiece
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
An 1846 Sevres Porcelain hand painted with a romantic couple scene in a pastoral setting and signed by Colin in the center of a pink dish. Adorned with flowers and gold acanthus leav...
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Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Sèvres Style Porcelain Pair of Cachepot
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
Two large gilt cobalt blue color as a background porcelain Cachepot. They are depicting a continuous hand painted scene of an 18th century coastal landscape with fishermen and ships....
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20th Century French Neoclassical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Large Pair French Sevres Cobalt Blue Hand Painted Rimel Bronze Covered Urns
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful large pair of French Sevres cobalt blue hand painted urns signed Rimel with covers. Ormolu scroll handles frame the beautiful gilt ribbon designs and maiden scenes with che...
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Urns

Materials

Bronze

Porcelain Box Signed Sèvres, France, Late 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain box signed Sèvres, France, late 19th century. Top with butterfly and fruit decoration.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Large Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres Stile Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Vase and Cover
By E. Grisard 1, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in IT
A fine quality French Sèvres style porcelain vase, late 19th century, in porcelain cobalt-blue, finely painted and decorated with gilt bronze. The painting represent “Cupid and Venus...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Center Bowl, circa 1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century French sèvres blue fire glazed porcelain ormolu-mounted center bowl Applied with two Dolphins simulating handles Signed underneath, circa 1880.
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Antique 1870s French Louis XIV Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ormolu

Pair Louis XVI Style French Sevres Blue Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of Louis XVI Style French Sevres blue porcelain hand painted ormolu-mounted oil lamps This is an exquisite large pair of Sevres blue 19th century enamel hand painted and moun...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Large French Cobalt Blue Sèvres Porcelain Rectangular Plaque by Maglin
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Queens, NY
A large antique French cobalt blue Sèvres Porcelain rectangular plaque by Maglin, circa 1880. Very finely hand painted with scenes of horses and figures outside a castle, with gil...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Overscale Antique Sèvres Porcelain Urn Vases in Cobalt Blue with Gilt Accents
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale antique Sèvres Porcelain urn vases in cobalt blue with gilt accents Offered for sale is a striking pair of overscale cobalt blue handled Sèvres Porcelain urn vases with ...
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Antique Early 1900s French Urns

Materials

Porcelain

French Painted Sevres Gilt Decorated Side Table with Oil Painting Inset Top
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Sevres gilt decorated occasional table with inset painting in the center and 12 porcelain plaques.
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Early 20th Century Louis XV Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Exquisite Set of 12 Sevres Porcelain Royal Dinner Plates with "R" Monogram
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Queens, NY
An exquisite set of 12 French Sevres white and cobalt blue porcelain royal dinner plates with "R" monogram, 19th century. With extremely fine raised gold borders of swans and crow...
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Sevres Hand Painted and Gilt Porcelain Portrait Vase, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique French porcelain vase by Sevres offers urn form with central portrait reserve, all-over floral and foliate decoration, gilt highlights throughout, double scroll form handl...
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Sky Blue Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of late 19th century gilt bronze and sky blue Sèvres style porcelain vases. The front of the vases painted with a woman and cherubs, the back as landscape scenes. The handl...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Vases

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Sèvres Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
A superb quality French 19th century Sèvres vase with hand painted panel and ormolu mounts. Measures: Height 39cm, width 12cm.
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Antique 19th Century French Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Early 19 Century Sevres Porcelain Napoleonic Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING an ABSOLUTELY AMAZING Pair of French Sevres Porcelain Napoleonic Vases from the Late 18th Century or Very Early 19th Century, circa 1800. These 2 vases are in the shape of...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Paul Milet Art Deco Sevres Ceramic Square Container
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Astoria, NY
Paul Milet French Art Deco Sevres ceramic square container, designed in the 1930s in oxblood red and anthracite gray glazes with a white bubbled enamel mid-section. Underside stamped...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Paul Milet Art Deco Sevres Ceramic Round Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Astoria, NY
Paul Milet French Art Deco Sevres ceramic round vase, designed in the 1930s in oxblood red and anthracite gray glazes with a white bubbled enamel mid-section. Stamped on underside. S...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Antique French Sevres Hand-Painted Gilt Porcelain Artist Signed Portrait Plate
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres porcelain hand-painted porcelain portrait plate features central portrait of crowned princess artist signed lower right, scalloped border with floral reserves a...
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20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique French Sevres Hand-Painted Gilt Porcelain Artist Signed Portrait Plate
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French Sevres porcelain hand-painted porcelain portrait plate features central portrait signed lower right Debrise, scalloped border with floral reserves and gilt garland and...
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20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Blue Ceramic Elephant by Sevres of France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool small, blue ceramic elephant by Sevres of France, circa 1960s. The piece is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Napoléon III Dark Blue Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu-Mounted Lamps
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of ormolu-mounted dark blue Sèvres porcelain lamps circa 1880, each of bottle form, the ormolu mounts designed with cherubs on the handles, antiques men and women on the base....
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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Table Lamps

Materials

Ormolu

Petite French Hand-Painted and Gilt Sevres Style Floral Urn Signed, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique petite French Sevres style double handle urn features floral reserve and gilt all-over decoration, double "L" mark and made in France on base, 19th century Measu...
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20th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Monumental Palace Size Pair of French Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Ewers
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A monumental and rare pair of antique French hand-painted Sèvres celest blue color porcelain and ormolu-mounted Ewers. Each very finely hand-painted with courting lover scenes in pol...
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Gold, Ormolu

19th Century Sevres Chateau De St. Cloud Navette Dish
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
The white ground with elaborate gilt central medallion within a scrolling oak leaf border, the exterior having wide anthemion border, bearing Sevres maker's mark in blue with date 18...
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Sèvres Cobalt Blue Gilt Heraldic Porcelain Cabinet Plate
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Montreal, QC
Sèvres porcelain Château des Tuileries cabinet plate with silver-gilt and gilded coat of arms centring a white ground and cobalt blue lobed band enhanced with heavy raised gilt overl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Biscuit Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt and biscuit porcelain Jardinière The border moulded with cherubs above a relief of putti with garlands of flowers. In late 1739-ear...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Porcelain

Louis XVI Style Blue Sèvres Porcelain Ormolu Mounted Covered Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Louis XVI style blue Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted covered vase with birds and flowers design, circa 1880.
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Porcelain

Materials

Ormolu

Sèvres Chateau des Tuileries Plates, Set of Four
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vancouver, BC
Set of four "Chateau des Tuileries" hand-painted porcelain plates by Sèvres.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Deco Vase by Paul Milet for Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning Art Deco ceramic vase designed by Paul Milet (1870- 1950) for La Manufacture de Sevres in the 1930s. The high glaze black body and upper rim are offset by three rings of j...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Sevres French Hand-Painted Gilt Porcelain Scenic Platter, Signed
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
19th century Sevres French porcelain scenic platter features hand-painted floral and gold gilt border with central countryside scene on yellow ground, stenciled MR and marked with th...
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pr Antique French Porcelain Sevres Hand-Painted Urns w/Bronze Mounts, c1870
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of antique French porcelain Sevres lidded urns feature hand-painted courting scenes, champlevé enameling and bronze mounts, circa 1870.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Sevres Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Pictorial Pedestal Urn, c1880
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
French porcelain urn features Sèvres traditional cobalt glaze highlighted with detailed gold decoration, two hand-painted countryside scenes with artist signature, and sits on an or...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Sevres Porcelain Pictorial Pedestal Lidded Urn, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Big Flats, NY
French Sevres porcelain lidded urn features Sevres traditional cobalt glaze highlighted with detailed gold decoration, gilt bronze base and double handles. The hand-painted front dep...
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Paul Milet Sevres Sang De Boeuf Vases, Pair
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of petite vases from Paul Milet for Sevres. Sange de boeuf red glaze with black undertones. Stamped on the underside PM Sèvres. Top is 2" dia. Art Deco style made between 1911...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Set Dozen Antique Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Dishes with Feuille-de-Choux Borders
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of a dozen 18th century exceptionally beautiful Sèvres soft-paste porcelain dinner plates decorated all-over with loose bouquets of flowers within blue enamel Feuille-de-Choux...
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Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

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Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres for sale on 1stDibs

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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