Behind the scenes at France's Sèvres ceramics workshop

[@Alivieina]

Being able to see some of the pieces from Sèvres was one of the best experiences of my life

[@RARORA10]

Hard job but most beautiful outcomes. Just breathtaking. France the land of stunning beauties. I am not French and do not live there but I visited it many times, I like this country. The language, the nature, the magnificent architectural monuments and...........

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

My mum did ceramics and even had a kiln. But never made anything like this. i have some porcelain pieces and they are close to 100 years old. Most of the greenware was from molds however, nothing like this.

[@fdowd5467]

I am fortunate to have acquired a reproduction of a Sevres pattern made for Louie XV1 & Marie Antoinette near the end of their reign. It was reproduced by Le Tallec studio's in Paris, France and sold at Tiffany & Co. The hand painted gold detail of Chinese figures against a black background is stunning.

[@Landshark2020]

Oh my!! I bet that is gorgeous!!!

[@MegaGrigoryan]

Number one best porcelain manufacture in the world this is Sevres. All others is smoke on the corner. France art culture is number in the world.

[@CharlestonAnnie]

too bad most of the factories have moved to China, like the rest of the world . i have started to collect French porcelain, and sad, that this art , may become a memory soon .

[@Crossword131]

What does "smoke on the corner" mean?

[@MegaGrigoryan]

@@Crossword131 This mean all others manufactures is smoke on the corner. Because Sevres is number 1

[@GrandTA1]

So beautiful

[@wincrasher2007]

if she was working on one plate for 3 months, I can't imagine what an entire service sells for!

[@냐옹이-l5h]

It's very useful

[@GeorgeChar95]

At 2:27, it looks like she is making a Pot pourri à vaisseau replica!

[@rotarueugenia7306]

Wow!

[@PilotVBall]

Does anyone ever check the radiation level of those materials? The quartz is most likely highly radioactive.

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

Originally stolen from the Germans at Dresden: but the earliest European porcelain is English.

[@valentinozangobbo]

I think Meissen, in Germany, was were the first porcelain outside China was made...

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

@@valentinozangobbo No - 3 English pieces from 100 years before Tschirnhaus exist. He visited England & was intellectually light-fingered. Alas, the English didn't manufacture it.

[@valentinozangobbo]

@@JimOverbeckgenius they tried making porcelain for so long, not surprised if its some alchimist's experiment or something like that. In Italy they tried too, with some kind of success here and there...

[@JimOverbeckgenius]

@@valentinozangobbo Tschirnhaus knew both Spinoza & Leibniz before being largely responsible for Dresden porcelain. I think JF Boettger lifted the formulae from his effects. I gave a lecture in the Brit Museum on Boettger years ago. Meissen & Dresden are well worth a visit.

[@valentinozangobbo]

@@JimOverbeckgenius interesting, thank you. If you are interested please take a look into "medicean porcelains" of mid XVI century, only a few remains in museums... It was a kind of technical success and an interesting story in itself 🤠😉