Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
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
Ball Vase in Sèvres Porcelain, 1926, Art Deco Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ball vase in Sèvres porcelain, 1926, Art Deco period.
An Art Deco period ball vase in Sèvres porcelain with a marbled blue background, 1926, in perfect condition.
H: 31cm, D: 31cm
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20th Century French Art Deco Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Bronze Candelabra François Boucher, 18th Century
By François Boucher, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very rare Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Candelabra with a hand painted scene by François Boucher.
‘P . F . Boucher’ original mark o...
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18th Century Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
A Large Sèvres Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Bowl, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A large Sèvres porcelain and gilt bronze bowl, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A Sèvres porcelain and ormolu bowl, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 31cm, W: 42cm, D: 24cm
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
A Sèvres Porcelain Box, Gilt Brass Mounting, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Sèvres porcelain case, gilt brass mounting, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
An important Sèvres porcelain box, 19th century, Napoleon III period, gilt brass mounting.
H: 15.5cm...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Sèvres Porcelain Vases, Napoleon III Period, 19th Century.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Sèvres porcelain vases, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
A pair of Sèvres porcelain vases, Napoleon III period, 19th century.
H: 28cm, D: 17cm
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Porcelain Box, Gilt Brass Mounting, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvres porcelain box, gilt brass mounting, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A Napoleon III period box, 19th century, Sèvres porcelain and gilt brass mount.
H: 14cm, W: 26cm, D: 16cm
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Small 19th Century Napoleon III Period Sèvres Porcelain Box.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small 19th century Napoleon III period Sèvres porcelain box.
A Napoleon III period small box, 19th century, in Sèvres blue porcelain, enamelled and gilded, with a gallant scene on t...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Sèvres Porcelain Covered Vases, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A pair of Sèvres porcelain covered vases, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A pair of Napoleon III period covered vases in Sèvres porcelain, enamelled and gilded, gilt bronze mount...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Bisque Porcelain Couple with Grapes, 19th Century French Sèvres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lantau, HK
A 19th century French Sèvres biscuit porcelain figurine of a couple seated in the garden. The gentleman is feeding grapes to the lady, whose l...
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Mid-19th Century French Classical Roman Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Sèvres Porcelain in Gilt Bronze Mount, Hand-Painted, France, 1771
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lantau, HK
Hand painted porcelain, gilt-bronze mount (ormolu)
This French Sèvres porcelain centrepiece dates from 1771 and is set in a gilt-bronze mo...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvres Palace Porcelain Urns
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
These bronze-mounted Sèvres porcelain urns are monumental in both size and quality and feature the renowned manufactory’s signature deep cobalt blue glaz...
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19th Century French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
pair of amphorae Sevres hand painted porcelain with champlevé Origin France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
A pair of amphorae Sevres
hand-painted porcelain with champlevé glaze
Origin France
perfect condition.
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known European madame-de-pompadour porcelain...
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Mid-19th Century French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
White Round Sèvres Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
White round Sèvres box
rococo style perfect condition
origin France, circa 1900.
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Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sevres Ceramica chest Rococo style 19th century 1870 hand painted
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres Ceramica chest
Rococo style
19th century 1870
hand painted
origin France
Perfect unrestored condition
natural wear.
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and well-known European madame-de-pompadour porcelain...
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1870s French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sevres Light Yellow and Gold Porcelain Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Sharon, CT
Signed/dated 1984 on bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Porcelain Garniture, Mounted in Gilt Bronze by Picard
By Henri Picard, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
With its delightful painted representations of the four seasons and bacchanalian scenes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the technical excellence of Sevres factory porcelain. On top of this, the porcelain vases are beautifully decorated with gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts, expertly cast by Henri Picard, the manufacturer and gilder to Emperor Napoleon III.
This garniture is comprised of a central jardinière and a pair of flanking vases. The jardinière features a wide porcelain body, which is topped by a gilt bronze guilloche-patterned neck. This is fitted with two geometric handles, which terminate in cherubs masks. The jardinière body is finely decorated with a continuous painting of putti playing together in a woodland setting. One putti holds the pinecone-tipped staff carried by followers of Bacchus (or Dionysus), the god of wine and ecstasy. Several putti ride on a goat, led on a harness by other putti. This painting is edged with jewelled and parcel gilt decoration, set against a bright ‘bleu celeste’ ground. The jardinière stands on a shaped gilt bronze stem, its top encircled by a band of stiff leaves, its middle by a laurel wreath, and its foot by beading. The jardinière is placed on a square gilt bronze plinth, which is decorated with grape-form finials, hung draperies and foliate motifs, and is set on four beaded toupie feet.
The pair of vases are similar to the jardinière in their design. They feature ovoid ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain bodies, which are decorated with continuous paintings of the four seasons, within gilt and jewelled frames. Winter is depicted in a scene showing putti huddled together on a sleigh in a snowy landscape, and autumn by cherubs reaping crops with a sickle. Spring is shown by cherubs wearing flower wreaths and dancing while holding garlands, and summer by putti picking grapes and drinking wine. The vases’ bodies are topped by pointed gilt and jewelled ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain lids, crowned by gilt bronze grape finials. Like the jardinière, the vases are fitted with gilt bronze cherub...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Rococo Ceramic Sevres Chest
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rococo ceramic sevres chest
hand painted signed Rochette
perfect condition 19th century
circa 1870.
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Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sèvres Blue Porcelain Urn on Gilt Bronze Plinth
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
This beautiful urn (or vase) was crafted in 1875 by the famous Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. The urn exhibits the fine detailing and gilding that Sèvres Porcelain was renowned for in the 18th and 19th century. The inside of the urn is signed, ‘S.73’, ‘DECORE A SEVRES/ RF/ 75’.
The conical porcelain urn has been painted a speckled royal blue colour and decorated with parcel gilt, navy floral motifs. The body is ornamented around its base with stylised leaf forms, and its centre features a large painting of a flower. Navy porcelain...
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1870s French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Serves Painted Rams Head Bronze Mounted Lidded Vase, Centerpiece or Urn
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Stamford, CT
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and very unusual 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sevres white porcelain three-piece clock and three-light candelabra garniture set. The Lyre shaped clock and cande...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Sevres Porcelain Clock Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality French, 19th century pink sevres porcelain and gilded ormolu clock set. Having a classical urn to the top, an eight day chiming movement. A romantic scene painted to t...
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19th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
Sèvres Cobalt Blue Porcelain and Ormolu-Mounted Garniture, France, Ca. 1850's
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
This rare Renaissance Revival garniture, consisting of a clock and pair of boxes in form of chalices with hinged bonnets, is richly decorated with numerous hand-painted medallions with portraits of medieval French...
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1850s French Renaissance Revival Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Sevres Hand Painted Turquoise Porcelain Lidded Urns
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a pair of Sevres hand painted porcelain turquoise lidded urns. Both of them are depicting in the front a sea shore fishermen scenes. In one, a group of fishermen are preparing a sailboat and in the other one, they are pulling the net. The back are adorned with some gilt fishing tools and baskets with foliages. Both scenes are golden framed with scrolls of acanthus and flowers beside them. Gilt white concave long oval shaped rings alternated with gilt foliages and shamrocks decorate the necks of the urns. The same pattern are repeated in the lids, but no white color in the center. The bell shaped lids ended with pinecones finials. A mix of scrolls and Greek keys serve as handles. The round bases are also decorated with gilt foliages. The Sevres hallmark appears in the lids and below the bases. One of the urn’s painting...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière
Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side.
In late ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
French Victorian Turquoise Sevres Cheret Urn
By Gustave-Joseph Chéret, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian monumental turquoise Sevres porcelain vase with cupids in relief on round pedestal base (signed JOSEPH CHERET)
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Allegorical Sevres Bisque Porcelain Figural Clock Titled La Larcin De La Rose
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A fine example of sevres biscuit porcelain showing an allegorical group of three classically draped young figures, two embracing; all standing beside the clock case which is surmount...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Bronze Clock with Sèvres Porcelain
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality Louis XVI style bronze ormolu mantel clock. The case is made of gilt brass and bronze ormolu casted ornaments, Roman numerals in white enameled cartouches. On top of t...
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Large Heavy Sèvres Crystal Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A beautiful 20th century large Sèvres crystal vase, organically shaped with an asymmetric flared rim and flat base, ideal as a table centrepiece or...
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20th Century French Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Art Nouveau Enameled and Gilt Blue Sèvres Porcelain Vase by Paul Milet, France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in North Miami, FL
Early 20th century Art Nouveau enameled and gilt blue Sèvres porcelain vase by Paul Milet, France
By: Paul Milet, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Material: porcelain, ceramic, ename...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Antique 19th Century Sevres Royal Blue Porcelain Vase Made in France
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 21 1/4 in W: 5 1/2 in D: 5 in
This Antique 19th Century Sèvres Royal Blue Porcelain Vase Made in France is an exquisite representation of the unparalleled craftsman...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair Of Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Candelabra By François Boucher, (18th Century)
By François Boucher, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A very rare Ormolu Sèvres Porcelain Gilt Bronze Candlesticks Candelabra with a hand painted scene by François Boucher.
‘P . F . Boucher’ original mark on the side, also marked with ...
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18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Sèvres 19th Century Porcelain Egg with Putto and Garland of Pink Roses
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Sèvres Manufacture porcelain egg from the 19th century, with putto and floral hand painted décor. Born in France during the 19th century, this exquisite decorative egg featu...
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19th Century French Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Old Sevres Type Gilt Porcelain Vase with Hand Painted Flower Baskets & Ribbons
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine old or antique Sevres type porcelain vase.
With rich gilding and handpainted flower baskets & ribbons throughout.
Marked to the based with a blue Sevres type interlaced...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Artist Signed Sevres Urns
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Bronx, NY
This fine pair of circa 1850s Sevres urns is signed by the artist Baston. The covered urns are beautifully hand painted & depict romantic scenes of courtshi...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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 Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Vase By Manufature Nationale Sèvres, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Lisbon, PT
A cobalt blue porcelain mounted ormolu vase from Sèvres with gilded bronze stands, decorated with Rococo gold enamel florals and polychrome floral swirls, gallant decoration in the c...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Exceptional Pair of Sèvres Biscuit and Bronze Candle Holders (1758-1815)
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
We are pleased to present a stunning pair of Sèvres candle holders crafted between 1758 and 1815, combining the elegance of biscuit porcelain and bronze. Each piece features two arms...
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Garniture
By Henri Picard, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
With its exquisite paintings of putti playing sports in Arcadian landscapes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the exceptional beauty and high-quality craftsmanship of Sevre...
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze-Mounted Sèvres Style Iridescent Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of late 19th century bronze-mounted Sèvres style iridescent vases.
Signed V. Bernard.
Each of elongated baluster form, finely painted romatic scene , the reverse a river ...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Sévres Bleu Celeste Porcelain Jewelry Casket with Gold Ormolu Details
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning and ornate Sévres Bleu Celeste jewelry casket with gold ormolu details. Delicately hand painted with flowers, this iconic style of Sévres ...
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Early 20th Century French Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Ormolu
A Sèvres Style Porcelain Covered Bowl, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Sèvres style porcelain covered bowl, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A Sèvres style porcelain covered bowl decorated with a gallant scene, gilt bronze mounting, 19th century, N...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Faceted porcelain vase by SEVRES
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Faceted porcelain vase in warm colours with bronze details. Signed M SEVRES
France, CIRCA 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine & large pair of 19th century antique French Sevres Porcelain, ormolu and champleve enamel, handpainted ewers, signed "C. Rochette", circa 1890.
Each ewer having a finely cast & gilded bronze rococo handle, each neck is decorated with exquisite champleve enamel. Each ewer having a dark blue porcelain baluster shaped body, with two oval hand-painted reserves each with a courting couple signed "C. Rochette", both reserves are surrounded with lavish gilding & at the base of each painted panel are the Sevres interlaced L's. To the rear are corresponding panels also finely handpainted with landscape scenes, the ewers are raised on champleve socle bases and with onyx plinths below.
Condition of both ewers is excellent, a very beautiful pair of exqusite late 19th century Sevres ewers...
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1890s French Louis XV Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Pair, Sevres Paul Millet Sang De Boeuf Ormolu Mounted Vases 13"
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Paul Millet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This striking pair of 13-inch Sèvres Paul Millet vases features a deep Sang de Boeuf glaze, a rich oxblood red that complements the ornate ormolu mounts. Crafted in the early 20th ce...
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Early 20th Century French Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Late 19th Century Red and White Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase and Cover
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Wonderful Late 19th Century Red and White Sèvres Style Porcelain Vase and Cover
Signed by the artist L. Bertren
Four beautiful painted panels, the center with a love scene, the r...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Very Impressive Massive Neoclassical Mauve Vase by Sèvres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in London, GB
Very impressive massive Neoclassical mauve vase by Sèvres
French, c. 1878
Height 152cm, width 72cm, depth 66cm
This exceptional Sèvres vase dates to 1878,...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mid century Sevres vase France porcelain form Decoeur 3 cobalt blue gold
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Fantastic mid century vase in gilt decor over rich dark blue ground.
Form #3 designed by Emile Decoeur (1876-1953)
On the bottom
marked with green Sevres 1950 - stamp
Red Sevres...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of mid 20th century Sevres vases blue gold decor illustrated Linard Decouer
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Unusual pair of Sevres porcelain vases in medium blue ground with gilt decorations 1949-1950.
Form Decoeur Number 25 - refer to image from archival catalogue page. Designed by Lenard - by refer to image from book on Sevres.
Signed as photographed...
Brown Sevres mark 49 / Red Sevres...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Covered Vases in Sèvres Porcelain, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of covered vases in Sèvres porcelain, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A pair of Sèvres porcelain and gilt bronze covered vases with medallion, Napoleon III period, 19th cen...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Sèvres Bust of Benjamin Franklin after Jean-Antoine Houdon
By Jean-Antoine Houdon, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New Orleans, LA
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20th Century French Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres Decorative Objects
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Porcelain
French 19C Japy Freres & Red Sevres Porcelain Mantle Clock with Garniture Set
By Japy Frères, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Phillipe Mourey
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING mid to late 19C French Japy Freres & Red/Magenta Sevres Porcelain Mantle Clock with Garniture Candlestick Ewers.
The clock movement is by the famous Parisienne Clockmaker … ‘Japy Freres’ and the clock dial has the marks for “JAY” (short for Japy Freres) & “Paris” on the dial face.
The clock mechanism and clock face/dial have matching serial numbers of “7225”. The movement also has the numbers: “5 – 2”.
The clock face/dial also has the initials: “D.H.”.
The gilt ormolu clock case is gilt spelter and is signed on the rear base, for having been made by “P.H. Mourey” of Paris, who worked with and for ‘Japy Freres’, towards the end of the 19th Century.
The signature of ‘Mourey’ also bears the numbers “85” … probably for 1885, but could also be the serial number.
Taking into account Mourey’s historical association with Japy, being late 19th Century, we are leaning heavily towards this being the date of manufacture i.e. 1885.
The Clock has RARE red/magenta Sevres hand-painted porcelain paintings/additions, to include:-
(i) a 2 handled and lidded urn on the crown with pointed flame finial,
(ii) a pair of bulbous urns either side of the main body and clock face,
(iii) the clock face and dial itself and
(iv) a flat rectangular medallion on the front base.
The crown urn and the base medallion both have similar themes, but different painted scenes, depicting French rural countryside scenes with cottages, rivers and bridges.
The porcelain urns on the sides, likewise have hand-painted images of a young boy, in rustic period attire on the right and a young girl on the left.
None of these paintings appear to be signed.
The clock case has GLORIOUS detail to it, with scrolls, ribbons, vines, grapes and Corinthian columns.
The clock sits on a custom made gilt wood and burgundy velvet plinth, that is original to the piece and was a common accent with ‘Japy Freres Clocks’, when originally retailed in their Paris shop.
The rear of the clock is plain and the perspex/clear resin plate insert, is a new addition, but a nice addition, in that it allows one, to view the movement and pendulum works.
The clock is an 8 day movement with a strike on the hour and half hour. The clock face has 2 winding holes … one for the pendulum movement and the other for the striking chime/ring.
Unlike British clocks this clock does not have a long musical chime … it is a simple ‘single strike’ on the half hour.
The red/magenta Sevres porcelain clock face/dial is in SUPERB condition. Roman numerals with gilt accents and a hand-painted circular wreath/bouquet of spring flowers on the center section.
To complete the set, we have a matching pair of gilt ormolu spelter and hand-painted red/magenta Sevres porcelain Ewers … which can hold a single candle each.
The porcelain urns on the central section, have hand-painted images of a young lady in rustic period attire … fishing on the riverbank on the right and a young man playing the flute in the countryside on the left.
The front base medallions on each ewer have hand-painted wreaths/bouquets of spring flowers.
The clock facing side of the porcelain urn on each Ewer, has a brass ormolu applique head, of the Greek god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre, namely, Dionysus.
The plinths are signed on the rear top left corner, and we think they read: “R.P. Unfaut”. They also bear the numbers “61” and “69”, Again, possibly for 1861 and 1869, but here we think it is more likely they are serial numbers, as it is highly unlikely that a matching pair were made 8 years apart!
Whilst we cannot find any information on ‘R.P. Unfaut’, we can only guess that he/she/they worked with, or for, ‘Japy Freres’, as these ewers are unmistakably, a ‘superb’ match for the clock!
The style, subject matter, gold banding and edging, around the paintings, are virtually ‘identical’ to the same decorations on the clock’s porcelain paintings.
The Ewer on the left (with the boy playing the flute) appears to have a faded signature on the gold border of the painting towards the base and we think it is the signature of ‘Alexandre Evariste Fragonard’ …. one of the best known artists attached to Sevres in the mid 19th Century … meaning, that these Ewers were probably made circa 1845-50.
The quality and detail to these 2 paintings is classic Fragonard!
We are of the opinion, therefore that these garnitures, were made circa 35/40 years before the clock, as Mourey was prevalent with Japy around 1880 – 1900.
The clock paintings are of a very similar, rustic ‘Fragonard Style’ subject matter and although unsigned, could possibly have been painted by a Sevres artist, to replicate the Fragonard paintings...
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