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There, a handful of porcelain specialists devoted themselves to solving the technical challenges of porcelain production as huge sums were paid by wealthy aristocrats for this glassy white substance which, up to then, was mostly imported from East Asia or the Meissen factory in what is now Germany.  During the early 1740s many of the Vincennes factory's products were probably experimental as the porcelain body was still being perfected and different enamel colours invented.  In 1745 however, they secured a royal 'privilège' which granted them the exclusive right to produce porcelain ‘in Meissen style’ in France. As the wording suggests, the factory's earliest productions were indebted to the prestigious Meissen factory. The factory's repertoire quickly evolved however, from the emulation of East Asian or Meissen examples to incorporate the latest styles used in French gilt-bronze, woodcarving and decorative painting.  The financial support and patronage of King Louis XV and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, enabled Vincennes to secure the best technicians, artists, sculptors and designers. Jean-Claude Duplessis (director of models, 1748-74), Jean-Jacques Bachelier (director of decoration, 1751-93), Etienne-Maurice Falconet (director of sculpture, 1757-66), and the court painter François Boucher, all played a central role in the development of this entirely new French art form. By 1756 the factory had outgrown its workshops in the old château and it transferred to specially constructed premises at Sèvres (south-west of Paris). In 1759 the king purchased the factory outright and remarkably the Sèvres porcelain manufactory continues in production to the present day.\n\nThis teapot demonstrates the technical and artistic achievements of the Vincennes factory by the late 1740s and is a particularly fine and rare surviving example of this period.","physicalDescription":"Teapot and cover, porcelain, round form, loop handle, decorated with pastoral figures in colours of Taunay on a white ground.  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See no. 42, p. 94-5 for a teapot with a similar spout and handle dated c. 1748-9"}],"production":"Porcelain de Vincennes cat p. 134 pl. 399.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"},{"text":"landscapes","id":"AAT15636"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"pastoral","id":"AAT250491"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.131-1934","C.131A-1934"],"accessionNumberNum":"131","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1934,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","teapot body","teapot cover"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-15","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-07","availableToBook":false}}