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Sevres Porcelain Vase #2354868

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Sevres Porcelain Vase #2354868
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Sevres Porcelain Vase. Exquisite Sevres vase with paintings signed by Leroy. The Vincennes (later Sèvres) factory was established in 1738 at the château de Vincennes, the locality that gave name to its first period. Louis XV- a shareholder-, became sole owner of the factory in 1753, and at the urging of his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, the porcelain works were moved to Sèvres in 1756. At the beginning -due to the lack of kaolin, the white clay indispensable to making true porcelain- the factory only made soft-paste. porcelain. After kaolin deposits were discovered in Limoges in 1768, Sèvres made both types.... /ceramics/sevres.html
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<tr><td>Condition:see description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c 1870s</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:24</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:8</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Sevres Porcelain Vase</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Porcelain</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.</td></tr>
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