Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
French
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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Creator: Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Sèvres Double Handled Cup, Cover and Stand, 1791
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Sèvres Double Handled Cup, Cover and Stand, 1791
Sèvres is the most prominent name in French Porcelain, but it was not the first. Porcelain had been manufactured in France to suppl...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$10,602 / set
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 Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$8,406 Sale Price
30% Off
Polychromatic Sevres porcelain plate, mid 19th century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
A fine hand painted porcelain plate enhanced with fine gold, Napoléon III period, mid 19th century.
It is decorated with a very finely hand painted bird (a goldfinch) on top of a bou...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Sevres Porcelain Bottle Cooler Hand-Painted France 1773-1782
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Katonah, NY
Sèvres was the royal factory of Louis XV and Louis XVI, Kings of France from 1715-1793.
The Sèvres factory was known to have the best painters and gilders in 18th-century France.
This stunning Sèvres 18th...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Exquisite Antique French Sevres Cobalt Porcelain and Ormolu Centerpiece Compote
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Tustin, CA
Opulent, 19th century handmade and painted square porcelain and ormolu gilt metal centerpiece features elaborately scrolling floral split handles, and a grapevine wreathed frame with egg and dart edges on cabriole legs. An idyllic pastoral scene is exquisitely painted in minute detail in the center and dramatically framed with a magnificent cobalt blue painted border with rich 24-karat gold trim and panels of hand painted, multicolored flowers.
Measures approximately 15.5” wide x 12” deep x 7.25” high.
Hallmarked in blue with the letter A...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Sevres Chunky Crystal Ashtray
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
Sevres chunky crystal ashtray. Large heavy thick cushion carved Sevres crystal ashtray / vide poche with markings for Sevres crystal at base. Fr...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
Wonderful French Ormolu Bronze Sevres Hand-Painted Porcelain Centerpiece Tray
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful French Ormolu bronze sevres hand-painted porcelain centerpiece tray.
Measures: 17.5" x 10" x 7".
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1930s French Vintage Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Vase Signed Sèvres, Painted by Collot, France
By e. collot, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Porcelain and gilt bronze vase signed Sèvres, painted by Collot, France, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
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 Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$2,402 Sale Price
20% Off
Sevres Biscuit Porcelain Figure
De La Fontaine
from
Les Grands Hommes, 1784
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Essex, MA
A SEVRES (HARD PASTE) BISCUIT FIGURE OF 'JEAN DE LA FONTAINE' FROM THE SERIES OF 'LES GRANDS HOMMES'
circa 1784, INCISED L R 7 TO BASE AT FRONT
Modelled by Pierre Julien (1731-180...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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 organ...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal
$1,100 Sale Price
26% Off
Monumental Sèvres Porcelain Blue Lapis Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A monumental palace size Sèvres Porcelain blue lapis painted vase. Beautifully hand-painted to imitate natural Lapis Lazuli stone. Hand-painted in R...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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 Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$2,882 Sale Price
20% Off
Important Sèvres Porcelain Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Sèvres porcelain box, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A 19th century box, Napoleon III period, in Sèvres porcelain, enamelled and gilded, brass mount, decorated with a...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Sevres Porcelain Trembleuse Cup and Saucer First Size
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : 18th Century Sevres 1st Size Trembleuse Cup and Saucer
Date : Late 18th Century c1790
Marks : Interlaced L mark in blue. Incised OO mark on b...
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1790s French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A Set of Three 1840
s Sevres Porcelain Cabinet Plates
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Three Sevres Gilt Heightened Porcelain Cabinet Plates, Mid 19th Century. With scalloped edges, gilt heightened and cobalt border, each with female farmers to the center and signed 'C...
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1840s Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Sevres, Gilded Bronze Dish, Chateau des Tuileries circa 1840
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Rare Sevres, gilded bronze dish, platter, depicting a Charming and Angelical Scene, a Lady and a little angel in the countryside in the garden in the background, and garlands of flow...
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1840s French Romantic Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair French 19th C. Ormolu
Sevres Porcelain Celeste Blue Jeweled Covered Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous and Quite Large Pair of French 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sevres Porcelain Jeweled Celeste Blue Ground Covered Vases with Four Main Panels. Each vase of baluster form w...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Mathurin MOREAU
SÈVRES - Biscuit, Young Woman and Putti
By Mathurin Moreau, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Beaune, FR
Biscuit subject from the Manufacture de Sèvres depicting a young woman and a putti reading, signed "Mathurin MOREAU". This sculpture rests on a circular base with bronze rimming. It is in good condition.
***** Note : The child has a broken finger...
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19th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A Lovely Late 19th Century White and Gilded Sèvres Style Porcelain Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Lovely Late 19th Century White and Gilded Sèvres Style Porcelain Box
The large, highly decorated French porcelain box with elaborate scroll dec...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Serves Painted Rams Head Bronze Mounted Lidded Vase, Centerpiece or Urn
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Sevres painted ram's head bronze mounted lidded vase. This wonderfully detailed vase has been professionally cleaned on a revolving base with fine doré bronze mounts. Artist a...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
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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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Ceramic Centerpiece by Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, 30cm
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco ceramic centrepiece with silver-plated bronzework. Signed V MP SEVRES
France, CIRCA 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze
Jean Mazeaud and Jean Faverot, Art Deco Porcelain Fruit Bowl, Sevres, 1930
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Mazeaud and Jean Faverot, Art Deco porcelain fruit bowl, Sevres, 1930.
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1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Vases, Hand Painted French 19th Century, Mark for Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lantau, HK
Pair of porcelain vases, French, 19th century, mark for Sevres
Hand painted porcelain with very refined floral design. The flower painted in free style reflects the high artistic ach...
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19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Nice Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Sèvres Style Centerpiece
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A nice late 19th century gilt bronze and champlevé enamel mounted Sèvres style centerpiece
The porcelain plate decorated with a scene of an...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
According To FALCONET - Biscuit, The Hunt
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Beaune, FR
Biscuit subject representing "Hunting" model created by Étienne Maurice Falconet. Here Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt, is represented lying on an irregular rock base, in conversati...
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19th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Onyx, Porcelain, Gilt-Bronze and Cloisonnè Sevres Center, Neoclassical Style
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Onyx, porcelain, gilt bronze and cloisonnè Sevres center. Neoclassical Style. France late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Manufacture Nationale De Sèvres serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
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