The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-21

ltuhcnS and others of the great mnsIrrs
Since the death of Brogniart, the director
OF the Scvrcs factory have been Ebclman
Rcgnault and Robert.
| The marks used on Scvrcs china mr.
quite numerous, and scSvc to show vcr,
accurately the period of production. Thus
We have the two LIS intcrlaccd, the mono
gram or the King, used on the earliest Dor
cclaln or Ninccnncs, and also ut Sevrcs
! with the addition of letters to give the date
as: ~, 1903, b, 1854, &, 1905, AA, IT'S
etc, down TO 1892, when the word Scvrcs
| with the monogram II. T., Rcpubiigut
EiuHcHtSc, was adopted, and until 1900
During the two years the II. Il. was dropp
ed, and then the changing marks begin ic
shadow the rise in the fortunes of Napo.
Icon; Manufacture Rationale dc Scvrcs. il,
lSo3. NJ. Imp'lc dc Scvrcs, 1904 to 1909,
anu from 1909 TO 1914 the imperial "aglr
ana the crown, surrounded by the w,r(s.
Manufacture Imperial Sevrcs, were used,
The intcrlaccd LIS came in with Louis
XVIII; the intcrlaccd .C's, sometimes in
closing an y, sometimes covered by n
crown, mark the short reign OF Charles X.
With Louis Philippe, the ncur-dc-s
was introduced, but he soon rcpluccd il
with his monogram, which was in turn dis
placed by the old cipher of the republic.
AT first Louis Napoleon used the eagle,
then the crowned n, but the most familiar
mark on modern Scvrcs china, is tic letter
and the date of the century, enclosed in
an oval and printed in pale green. This
mark has been in use since 1913 on all
pieces in addition to the othcr marks named
China that vas sole white, without brinr
decorated has this mark cut through ly n
line wheel, removing the glaze and plainly
indicating the character of the piece. These
pieces are often decorated in the Scyrcs
styles, and makes very good copies, but no
one need be deceived us to their character
since the mark plainly bctruys. A more
successful trick is to take fully marked
Scvrcs with plain, cheap decoration, and
removing this, put in its place some very
elaborate Sevrcs decoration, thus giving to
the whole the character and authority of
real Scvrcs work. Such Il forgery as this
is almost impossible to detect if the work is
well done.
Since July, 1872, there has been used on
NcVrcs porcelain, as an additional g,uran-
lcc Oh The gcnllincncss of the decoration the
monogram IL. f., enclosed in circle with
the date, and the words Dorc u ,Scvres on.
DccOrc q Scurcs.
As W tHc Dcauly Oh SCYrcS china CON-
pared with the production Of the other
continental potterics opinions differ. II Is.
so largely matter of taste, and our tastes
are so affected by education and surround
ing, that OH the question Of relative merits
OF different specimens or schools of art, the
best OF critics differ But there arc certain
points which generally admitted, and which
may ald in forming Il judgment on such a
question.
The Dresden porcelain, as porcelain, is
superior to any other Occidental variety, in
m@faness, n az IS, psjt purity pa RHhtG
absorbs the colors and gives them an un-
cqualcd depth and lustrc, willie on the
pate-dur the colors remain fixed on the sur
faco and do not sink in. The Scvrcs paint
ing is concededly superior III several de-
parlmcnts to the Dresden, and, although
the English artists have made great prog
rcss in the past few years, both in flower,
figure and landscape painting, and may in
tho near future become successful rivals,
the Scvrcs factory still retains its artistic
and technical suDrcmacy