The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-18

Tns Great AaAadal Output q HIAeous
C@unteffeitS.


. From HauPsr's WsefiB, .
Looking around In the curiosity stores OF
Paris we md everywhere couspioaousIy cx-
hibited sAvres cups. Sevres statustteH' sevres
pilates, al, Of them nearing genuine manu-
facture marks. Unfortunately. these Sevres
are brutal, horrible. distastefl counterfei.s,
made In Berlin or even IN Paris tpr tno
manufacture OF false Sevres has gained q
nearly incredible, expansion.
Year by year sixteen million francs worth
Of spurious sevres are made. which are sofa
In Europe and in Amertca, ana give a return
OF forty-eight millions. A false SNVres pieCe,
epcch Of the Empire. has a manufacturing
value OF three francs. and sells ut SIX francs
to the commission merchant. VINO IN turn
conveys IL 70 the curiosity dealer for nine
~ prsce. becomes impossible: two plates Of
false Sevres, similar to. each other IN every
particular and made Of the sane mstsLssi;
TO be In. az the second-hand store In Orleans
Tor twelve francs. at a profit Or three ire Is;
a. the s1ti g" iss0c ssOT Dro II hT %So wants to
buy counterfeit Seyres needs not to look LOT
secret factories: the eounterfelts come 70
ySScSTr s sDs- ;r.a Il Eo IN G Sy ds Tn Sps" 9or q
Il to be pres med thst ons, Ia conirontso
with cunning limitations. The forsers uO
especiaIiy skilled worEinSme1. The menu
facture marks Of SeVres are placed on cninS
wares shch ss even the m ~ u
IL must be remembered that the Ereet
State factory under the various, sovernmenVs
enterpriss has Continuously varied the sigma
ture OF its products; there 10 the double cspl.
tai L used during, the ines OF the Enfs:
full inscription "Manufscture Imperiale de
Sevres" the letter l. Of the poyerisss An
L Ss x so,na nj The in \ q c "a p d ia the net Citizen zen
King. the s Of the white Sevres. or the words
sdore 4 Sevres" on the large decorative piece:
tssg : II, a. s.f, !. |. t hin ' assd By " che he rs sseST1
visiting a hundred art stores scccrdinS 70
the speciss Of articles carried by tns nI H.
Directorate Of the Fine Arts the Miniss ds
S1 s n s;.n sn the rf factory H Yfts:ssff. are com
peiiedt to submit to this tranfc in counterteits
which. BY the ~usiiness OF the imitation. tends
e aS SI:Hssslt the .. siPu .ns eSSSsSs' for or pro- 70:
ElssssIn &sstustion I! |. iaaySssiSl. Z. "a d s sSy,s.ps
that Is. the majority Of the sellers -,
The seyres are initiated and sisned NY
"a isls soa sHsr fm. mostly there N 4 mo- niEnit. 1na
The old manufacture marks of the monarch
Iioyed IN SAvree. and cannot be claimed as
proprietary marks by the factory. IN orueI
to begin LEGAL prosecutions the factory woHio
have to register the marks again ana 70 MAKE
fITnez hut nv 40 doing would become q forgeI
Itself. The often attacked factory OF sevres
is Intimately convicted with the history Of
ford Lytton had placed on one shelf nys
genuine Sevres cups, with the factory MARIE
Of 1--WE different epochs. The shapes. tnS
decorations, the colors OF each cup expressed
a whole governmental period. and the Nina
ter, pointing to the cups, used to say. I'M.
is the history Of France in porcelain poetry.
Sometimea the factories OF spurious SAvret
cause their customers great embarrassment
At a banquet given last spring q dinner ser,
the table. One Of the guests praised II. IT
ia a family treasure the host said; Ma
poleon gave il 70 my grandfather; EVER
Secretary OF Fine Arts smiled discreetly
he had recognized the Sevres OF Leipsic
pattern OF ina.