Manufacture De Sèvres - Service Of King Louis-philippe 1st - XIXth Century

Manufacture of Sevres. Service of the offices of the castle of Saint-Cloud encrypted in red with the monogram LP under royal crown. Manufacture mark in green LP Sèvres (1846), mark in red of the castle of Saint Claude, mark of decoration in blue Sèvres 1847 marks in hollow. July Monarchy Period During the July Monarchy, King Louis-Philippe abolished the large cutlery and instituted five types of Sèvres porcelain services whose wealth determined the recipient: the Service des Offices, the Service des Officiers, the Service des Bals, the Service des Princes and the Ceremonial Services. The first four bear the king's cipher in blue, red or gold but without polychrome decoration, while the ceremonial services are in colour. Napoleon III uses the ceremonial services of his predecessor for his palaces, and uses for his new Sèvres porcelain services the same decorative typology as the services of Louis-Philippe, but with his cipher. Sèvres porcelain comes from one of the most important factories in Europe. Founded in 1740, it remains world famous today. The Sèvres factory was developed thanks to the patronage of Louis XV under the influence of Madame de Pompadour. Originally located in Vincennes then moved to Sèvres in 1756, it produced so-called soft porcelain then hard porcelain following the discovery of a Kaolin deposit near Limoges and marketed from 1770. Over the political regimes it is found on all royal, imperial or presidential tables. Sèvres continually produced fashionable new designs which were widely admired and imitated.