Category: Ceramics
French Porcelain
| November 24, 2010 | Posted by admin under Ceramics |
Soft-paste porcelain was first successfully produced in France in the 1690s at the St. Cloud factory near Paris. In the 18th century, several factories, notably Sevres, produced soft-paste tableware and figures. The sturdier hard-paste porcelain was introduced in 1769 with the discovery of kaolin and, after 1803, the factory ceased production of soft paste. In…
Strehla Pottery
| September 1, 2010 | Posted by admin under Ceramics |
Strehla was founded in 1828 and takes its name from the town it was established in, northwest of Meissen and Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Like most ceramics factories, it produced a wide range of functional wares, tablewares and decorative pieces. Under Communist rule from the 1950s to the 1980s, the company produced decorative ceramics similar…
Sevres Porcelain Ceramics
| February 10, 2010 | Posted by admin under Ceramics |
Founded in 1756 under the patronage of King Louis XV, the Sevres Factory manufactured premium quality porcelain ceramic in the trendy taste into the nineteenth century. Under artist Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, the company produced sophisticated vases richly decorated with sculptural ornament. The popular passion for Japanese art found its way into tableware and other ornamental objects…
Sevres 2 Ceramics
| February 3, 2010 | Posted by admin under Ceramics |
The principal patron of the French porcelain industry in early 18th century France was Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour. She supported the Vincennes factory of Gilles and Robert Dubois and their successors in their attempt to make soft-paste porcelain in the 1740s. In 1753, she moved the porcelain operations to Sevres, near her home,…
Rose Canton, Rose Mandarin, and Rose Medallion
| December 21, 2008 | Posted by admin under Ceramics |
The pink rose color has given its name to three related groups of Chinese export porcelain: Rose Mandarin, Rose Medallion, and Rose Canton. Incoming search terms:canton rose medallionchinese boys vasechinese planters
