Sevres Porcelain. Exceptional Ornamentation of Plates. Antique print c1890.

by Garnier, Edouard

SEVRES PORCELAIN Set of 6 Plates with 'exceptional ornamentation' - 1753 plate decorated by Vieillard, 1783 decorated by Merault junior, 1786 by Vieillard, 1755 by Huny, 1786 by Fontaine, and 1787 plate decorated by Madame Maqueret.. 

Original lithograph by Gillot, of one of the finest examples of Sevres porcelain for Le Porcelaine Tendre de Sevres by Edouard Garnier, published in Paris circa 1891 by Maison Quantin. The richness of the finest of Sevres porcelain, with its exquisite luminosity, colour and gilding is well portrayed in these high quality original lithographs. 

The Sevres factory was established in 1738 at the Chateau de Vincennes with local craftsmen from the nearby factory at Chantilly, to supply the wealthy and privileged of France under the patronage, and later the ownership, of Louis XV. Sevres porcelain was so loved by King Louis XV that when the company ran into financial difficulties he bought out the shareholders and became sole proprietor at his palace at Versailles. Sevres became known as the 'French porcelain of Royalty'.

This antique print measures 43 x 28cm (17 x 11 inches).