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2. French porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Huge amounts especially of silver were sent from Europe to China [2] to pay for the desired Chinese porcelain wares, and numerous attempts were made to duplicate the material. [3] It was in Nevers faience that Chinese-style blue and white wares were produced for the first time in France, with production running between 1650 and 1680. [4]

3. Porcelain manufacturing companies in Europe - Wikipedia

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   France: Moved to Sèvres in 1756 1743: Capodimonte porcelain: Naples: Italy: moved to Madrid in 1760, becoming Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro: 1743: Chelsea Porcelain: London: England: Merged with Derby in 1769 1744: Imperial Porcelain Factory, Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg: Russia: Formerly Lomonosov Porcelain Factory 1745: Mennecy ...

4. Limoges porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Limoges porcelain is hard-paste porcelain produced by factories in and around the city of Limoges, France, beginning in the late 18th century, by any manufacturer.By about 1830, Limoges, which was close to the areas where suitable clay was found, had replaced Paris as the main centre for private porcelain factories, although the state-owned Sèvres porcelain near Paris remained dominant at the ...

5. Haviland & Co. - Wikipedia

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   Haviland & Co. is a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain in France, begun in the 1840s by the American Haviland family, importers of porcelain to the US, which has always been the main market. Its finest period is generally accepted to be the late 19th century, when it tracked wider artistic styles in innovative designs in porcelain, as well as ...

6. Duralex - Wikipedia

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   Duralex is a French tempered glass tableware and kitchenware manufacturer located in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin in Loiret, France. [3] Using a technique developed in the 1930s by Saint-Gobain, moulded glass is heated to 600 degrees Celsius then cooled very quickly, giving it twice the impact resistance of normal glass. [4]

7. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres - Wikipedia

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   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. Its production is still largely based on the creation of contemporary objects today.