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Sèvres

Sèvres is one of the best known names in porcelain and is still in production in France. Starting out in 1704 as the Vincennes factory, it changed name when it relocated to Sèvres just west of Paris in the mid 1750s and enjoyed Royal patronage from the outset.

Sèvres is renowned for the production of hard paste porcelain and has continuously made both tablewares and decorative pieces. Its high quality painted decoration has covered the full gamut of different fashionable styles and techniques over its long history.


Record for Sèvres with the Emperor’s new clothes

14 June 2002

There was a French auction record for Sèvres under the Ferri (17.94%/ 11.96% buyer’s premium) gavel at Drouot on May 24 when the large Empire period fuseau vase, shown here, was offered for sale.

Magic fountains, Picasso’s pottery and wetting the Dauphin’s head – Sèvres-style

23 January 2002

FRANCE: A gilded and bleu céleste Louis XVI Sèvres cup and saucer, right, 51/2in (14cm) tall and known as the Gobelet Dauphin, sold over estimate for Fr260,000 (£24,800) at Piasa in Paris on December 7.