DESCRIPTION:
The monogram of the
Manufactory of Sèvres.
NOTES:
In 1753 the factory of Vincennes became Royal Manufactory and its products identified with a monogram (the one showed above). Two-crossed ‘L’ forms the monogram with a rhomboidal space in between where the manufactory used to write the year of the production. The letter ‘A’ indicated the 1753, each of the other letters marked the following years until 1776. Subsequently double letters, ‘AA’, ‘BB’ and so on until 1793, when they began to use other methods, identified each year.
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The Sèvres porcelain
Since the previous century a certain taste for the Chinese style put in evidence the finest porcelains made in China. A Saxon alchemist, J. F. Bòttger, discovered the secret of such delicacy by chance, so the Europe in 18° century flourished with a lot of manufactories that reached the perfection in creating this kind of porcelains. The Rococo found the best way to express its style. The first manufactory was founded in Meissen, Saxony, then in France in Vincennes, famous for its flowers production. Madame Pompadour transferred the manufactory in Sèvres where it became Royal Manufactory. In a few years the manufactory developed and increased its production with the finest table-sets, the giant vases and created new colours like the “pink Pompadour” or the “Royal blue”.
Famous sculptors like Boucher and Clodion worked for the factory. Even the famous porcelain plaques that decorated the furniture of the Louis XV period. To increase the manufactory the King used to organize a yearly fair to show the most recent production of Sèvres where the noblemen felt almost obliged to buy the creations in order to please the marchioness. The money collected in such events was used for the artists. The revolution changed the ‘Royal’ into ‘National’, without changing the high quality of the production.
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PORCELAINS
Section 1
