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2. French porcelain - Wikipedia

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   France finally discovered the Chinese technique of hard-paste porcelain through the efforts of the Jesuit Father François Xavier d'Entrecolles between 1712 and 1722. [11] The letters sent to Father Orry in Paris were first published by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde in 1735, with English editions appearing in 1736 or 1738. [12]

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. Chantilly porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Chantilly porcelain is French soft-paste porcelain produced between 1730 and 1800 by the manufactory of Chantilly in Oise, France. The wares are usually divided into three periods, 1730–1751, 1751–1760, and a gradual decline from 1760 to 1800. The factory made table and tea wares, small vases, and some figures, these all of Orientals.

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. Vincennes porcelain - Wikipedia

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   In 1756 the Vincennes porcelain factory shifted to new premises at Sèvres, west of Paris, until 1759, when, with the enterprise threatening to go bankrupt, the king bought it outright, initiating the career of world-famous Sèvres porcelain, which was a direct outgrowth of Vincennes.

7. Chinese export porcelain - Wikipedia

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   One significant and diverse group of export wares is those with European subject designs copied from Western prints taken out to China. Well known examples include the Judgement of Paris, the Baptism of Christ and many others with portraits, mythological scenes, pastoral scenes, topographical views and literary and anecdotal images. About a ...