Sèvres Porcelain Bleu Celeste & Bronze Lamp

Dimensions- Height 70 cm 

Circa- 18th Century 

Style- Neoclassical (with possible Louis XVI influences)

Background-

The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the principal European porcelain factories. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. It has been owned by the French crown or government since 1759. As the factory of the French state, Sevres were regularly called upon during the 18th and 19th Centuries to produce diplomatic gifts.                                   

The luminous blue of this vase Known as ‘bleu céleste’,forms part of a number of ground colours developed during the 1750s by the manufactory’s head chemist, Jean Hellot,
This ground colour was first introduced in 1753 on a richly decorated dinner service for Louis XV, and it was notoriously expensive to produce. The powdered pigment, a mixture of copper and cobalt, was carefully sprinkled onto the unfired glaze to which a sticky undercoat had been added.

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