West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-10-04

tubons aud Others of the great masters
Since the death of Brogniart, the directors
OF the SCvrCS factory have been Ehclnnn
Rcguault and Robert.
The marks used on Scvrcs china are
quite numerous, and scSvc To show very
accurately the period of production. Thus
we have the two LIS intcrlaced, the mono
gram of the King, used ON the earliest por
cclain of NiuCCnucS, and also at Scvrcs.
with the Additiono of letters to give the date.
as \, 1903, b, 1904, G. 1853. AA, t77s.
etc, down tO 1892, when the worl Scvrcs
with the monogram II. r., RCDubii0uc
frdHc0iSC, was adopted. and until $500
During the two years the r. L. was dropp-
cd, and then the changing marks begin TO
shadow the rise In the fortunes of Napo.
leon; Manufacture Nationnle dc Sevres, I'm
1898. Nj. lmplo dc Scvres, 1904 To lSna
and from 1909 TO 1914 the imperial eaglc
and the crown, surrounded 10y The words
Manufacture Imperial Sevrcs, were used.
The iuterlaccd Is came in with Louis
NNlll; the iutCrlaccd Cs, sometimes in
closing am y, sometimes covered by
crown, mark the short reign of Charles Y.
With Louis Philippe, the tlcur de-lis
was introduced but he soon replaced il
with his monogram, which was i'm turn dis
placed by the old cipher of the republic
AZ first Louis Napoleon used the eagle,
then the crowned n, but the most familiar
mark ON modern Sevrcs china, is the letter
, ana the date OF the century, enclosed in
an oval and printed in pale green. This
mark has been I'm use since 1918 ON all
pieces in addition To the other marks named.
China thnt vas sole white without being
decorated has this mark cut through hv n
fine wheel, removing the glaze and plainly
Indicating the character of the piece These
pieces are often decorated i'm the Scvres
styles, and makes very good copies, but no
one need hc deceived ms to their character
since the mark plainly brtays 4 more
successful trick is TO take fully marked
Scvrcs with plain, cheap decoration, and
removing this, put in its place some very
elaborate Scvrcs decoration, thus giving TO
the whole the character and authority of
real Sevres work. Such a forgery as this
Is almost impossible 10 detect If the work il
well done.
Since July, 1872, there has been used ON
Sevres porcelain, as an additional guaran-
tee oi the gcuuincncSs Of the decoration the
monogram X. f., enclosed i'm n circle with
the date, and the words DOro q SCUres or
DccOTc ,SCUro8
As to the beauty of Scvres china com
pared with the production of the other
continental pottcrics opinions differ. II il,
80 largely matter OF taste, and our tastes
arc 80 affected 10y education and surround
ing, that on the question of relative merits
OF different specimens or schools of art, the
best OF critics differ But there are certain
points which generally admitted, and which
may aid in forming a judgment on such
question.
The Dresden porcelain, as porcelain, is
superior TO any other Occidental variety, I'm
hardness, purity and strength But the
Sevres pate-tendrc is as much in advance
IN the delicate sottncss OF ITS glaze which
hbsorbs the colors and gives them an I'M
cqualcd depth and luslrc while on Tie
pate dur the colors remain fixed on the sur
face and do not sink in. The Sevrcs paint.
ing is concededly superior IN several de
parlmcnts TO the Dresden, and, although
the English artists have made great prog
rcss in the past few years, both i'm flower,
figure and landscape painting, and may in
the near future become successful rivals.
the Scyrcs factory still retains its artistic
and technical supremacy