Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . he appearance of being inlaid with preciousstones, en cabochon (uncut), set in gold on richly coloured principal enameller was Cotteau. Jewelled pdte tendre porcelainis now exceedingly rare. There are but three pieces in the SevresMuseum, and only a cup and saucer in the Louvre, from which, as inall genuine old pieces, many of the pearls are missing. This disappear-ance of the jewels has been caused by the practice of applying theenamel over paillons of gold to give it greater brilliancy, so that theimitation gems
Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . he appearance of being inlaid with preciousstones, en cabochon (uncut), set in gold on richly coloured principal enameller was Cotteau. Jewelled pdte tendre porcelainis now exceedingly rare. There are but three pieces in the SevresMuseum, and only a cup and saucer in the Louvre, from which, as inall genuine old pieces, many of the pearls are missing. This disappear-ance of the jewels has been caused by the practice of applying theenamel over paillons of gold to give it greater brilliancy, so that theimitation gems were easily detached. The forgeries of jewelled ware,not being enamelled over gold foil, usually retain the enamels, whichadhere perfectly to the body, although in occasional instances theymay be lacking. On many pieces of Sevres pdte tendre will be found a small holewhich has been drilled in one side of the foot rims of cups, saucers,and plates, by which they were hung in the muffle kiln while beingfired. This practice seems to have been almost entirely confined. Noa. 82-1686, •83-1404. 15. Pate Tendre Plate (9J inches).By Sophie Chanou, in Blue and , France, about Moore Collection. 16. Pate Tendre Plate (9£ inches).Decorated in , France, about Moore Collection. I Sppp^B B ?». •, ^B B ^*^^i«—*m. IiL rC & | ^MjB^--: 17. Pate Tendre Cup and the Holes for Suspension in the , France, Moore Collection. 13 to Vincennes and Sevres. Of many examples of Sevres table warein the Museum collection, only one cup and saucer are without thischaracteristic mark (see No. 17). When Brongniart assumed the management of the Sevres factory ,in 1800, a large stock of soft porcelain still remained on hand, and,in order to raise funds to pay the workmen, whose wages were farin arrears, and to meet the running expenses of the factory, he dis-posed of this ware at low prices. Falling into the
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