Sevres Porcelain
Sevres Porcelain is known for its high quality, gilded and hand-painted decoration and wealthy and aristrocratic clientele, the French Sevres Porcelain Factory was founded in 1738 at Chateau de Vincennes, by local craftsmen from a nearby porcelain factory at Chantilly.
Louis XV, the French “Sun King”, was a partial owner of the Sevres works and granted them a twenty year monopoly along with the title of Royal Manufacturer of Porcelain. Circa 1759 [...] Click here to continue reading.