
Do we know Sèvres? We might know its useful wares of the 18th century: teacups with burnished gold handles, dishes rimmed in celestial blue, vases with pleasant vignettes in central roundels. We might not, however, recognise the Sèvres of the following centuries, when restless tastes shaped ceramics into forms new and strange. Early 19th-century works, […]
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