The Sèvres Porcelain manufactory was founded to the east of Paris in the disused royal château of Vincennes, late in 1739-40. It was not until 1756 that it moved to the village of Sèvres, west of Paris, en route to King Louis XV's palace of Versailles. Here it was also adjacent to Louis's mistress, Madame de Pompadour a great lover of Sèvres porcelain, own château at Bellevue. She was delighted with the factory's new location - as she knew she could entice Louis to take a greater interest in it when it was so near their own residences. Indeed, the King became such a keen patron of the factory that, when it ran into financial difficulties, he bought out the shareholders and became the sole proprietor. The factory remained a royal enterprise until the French Revolution, when it was nationalised.

Sevres Porcelain is considered the finest of the French porcelains. We carry a huge selection and variety of sevre porcelain Objects D'Art including some of the most important pairs of large bronze mounted vases.

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