The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-12-29

false Sevres, ssimilar to each other in
every particular and made Of the
same material, sell just according to
| the place they happen to be in, at
| the secondhand store in Orleans for
| twelve francs, at a profit of three
| francs, at the antiquities store in Lon
don for 175 francs, at 10 francs pro
! fit. Who wants to buy counterfeit
| Sevres needs not to look for Sc
cret factories, the counterfeit come
to your house, if you have an open
store, as they are treated in by drum
mers. Nor is it to be presumed that
one is confronted with cunning imita.
tions. The forgers do not employ ex-
perts on ceramics, nor even especial
ly skilled workingmen. The manufac-
ture marks of Sevres are placed on
china wares such as even the manu-
facturers of Limoges would be asham-
ed Of
1t must be remembered that the
great State factory under the vari-
Gus governments France has had
since the beginning Of the enterprise
has continuously varied the signature
OF its products; there is the double
the kings, there is the n of the En-
peror: there is the full Inscription
"lIaaufacture Imperiale de Sevres,
tho letter L OF the powerless King
Louis XVIII: the X of Charles x; |
there are to he found the initials l. |
white Sevres, OF the words "dore q |
Sevres' on the large decorative |
pieces; there is, finally, the cipher OF
the French Republic as it is still used
by the factory. Visiting a hundred art |
stores, according to the species OF !
article carried by the firm, you viii
find SeNles ware with the royal, the
imperial or the present ciphers. Still |
the Directorate of the Fine Arts, the
Ministry Of Commerce, the record
Ctlce for trade marks, and even the
factory Itself, are compelled to sub
nit to this traffic in counterfeits.
which by the ug'iness cf the imita.
ten, tends 10 di5creGit the genuine
Product; for The administration lach
any weapon for protecting theil
rights. tndor t.le present legal stu
alton it is impossible to do anything
against people who sell false "olc
Sevres-t...t is. the majority OF the
sellers.
The Serres are initiated and sislei
with false ,na"As mostly in Germany
nd sold tc III America. There is
20 international treaty, which war
ants legal Proceedings. The old man,
lfacture marks OF the monagchica
ma the i'm yersal times are not now
employed il Sevres, and cannot be
,]a!mei IS proprietary MARKS by the
attcry. IN order to begin legal pros
acuJ,ons the factory would have tc
egistor the marks again. and to make
'cme articles, such a. were made in
o-mer times. bat by SO doing would
'ecome a forger itself. The often
ittacked factory of Sevres is init
nately connected with the history OF
rance
i/oAd ~ ttOA pldCGU VI OtlC SuCll
i've genuine Sevres cups. with the
actory marks of five different epochs.
he shapes, the decorations, the col
rs OF each cup, expressed a whole
Governmental period, and the minister
ointing to the cups, used to say:
This is the history of France in por.
elain poetry" Sometimes the fac.
ories of spurious Sevres cause their
ustomers great embarrassment. AT
banquet given last spring a dinne1l
ervice with the marks of Sevres ap.
cared on the table. One of the guests
raised it. 1T is family treasure"
he host said; Napoleon gave it to y
~ grandfather" Every one express.
their admiration. Only the Score. /
ary of Fine Arts smiled discreetly; d
e had recognized the Sevres of Leip. o
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