. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . hich had a suspicion Si!VRES PORCELAIN. 269 of royalty or luxury was swept away, the Morks at Sevics were notdestroyed, but were carefully guarded and supported by the republicanDirectory. Besides these articles of luxury, the Sevres works liave alwaysmade a large number of services for household use, which, however,must always be costly. Some of these are in this country ; also a goodmany single pieces, particularly from the collections of Louis Phil-lippe, which were large, and which were scattered at the
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . hich had a suspicion Si!VRES PORCELAIN. 269 of royalty or luxury was swept away, the Morks at Sevics were notdestroyed, but were carefully guarded and supported by the republicanDirectory. Besides these articles of luxury, the Sevres works liave alwaysmade a large number of services for household use, which, however,must always be costly. Some of these are in this country ; also a goodmany single pieces, particularly from the collections of Louis Phil-lippe, which were large, and which were scattered at the time of theKevolution of 1848. Quite a goodly number were in the sale of collection, in 1870. Some of these dinner-services were of course very elaborate andsome intended for royal houses were finished in the rich and heavycolors, such as the hleu de roi, which for myself I would never desire;but most of them were decorated with edges of very rich gold, andbands or bouquets of flowers painted on the white. In Fig. 137 we present some pieces from a handsome service belong-. V\G. 138.—iSevrti, White and Gold. ing to AY. C. Prime, Esq., of Kew York. The forms as well as tliedecoration are perfect; the dark bands are a rich yellow, and the edgesare finished with heavy gold leafage and lines. This is a large andcomplete set. The single plate shown in the picture, containing the portrait of^Montaigne, of course does not belong to the service. It is an admi-rable piece of the miniature work done at Sevres, and must find itsplace as a picture does on the walls of the house. Plates, however, asvaluable as this should have the protection of a frame. Fig. 138 is from a part of a tea or breakfast service Ijelonging 270 POTTERY AXD PORCELAIK. to the collection of George W. Wales, Esq., of Boston. It -is clearand brilliant, being wholly of white and gold, and is really surpris-ingly attractive, partly from its simplicity, and more from its perfect-ness. Some of the tinest pieces
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