Gilt-mounted 19th Century Sèvres style porcelain Chamberstick
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Gilt-mounted 19th Century Sèvres style porcelain Chamberstick
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Gilt-mounted 19th Century Sèvres style porcelain Chamberstick:
the mount with flower candle holder and swan handle; the porcelain dish with gilded decoration on a blue ground and flowers painted on white. Late 19th Century.
| Height: | 2½" | - | 6.5cm |
| Width: | 5½" | - | 14.0cm |
Glossary Words
Sèvres
Sèvres porcelain, was made at the royal factory of Sèvres, near Versailles, founded at Vincennes in 1738 and moved to Sèvres in 1756. On the decline of Meissen after 1756 from its supreme position, Sèvres became the leading porcelain factory in Europe. The patronage of Louis XV’s mistress Madame de Pompadour influenced the move made from Vincennes to Sèvres, where she had a château. It was after her that rose Pompadour was named in 1757; this was one of many new background colours developed at Sèvres, another ‘bleu de roi’ (c.1757), has passed into the dictionary as a universal term.
