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On 2nd March 1784, the pioneering  aeronaut, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, brought his hydrogen gas balloon down only a short distance from Sèvres in the rue de Sèvres in Billancourt.  He had taken off  from the Champ de Mars in Paris and intended to fly to La Villette; however, the wind blew him south-west towards Sèvres.  His daring exploits caused a sensation as this was only the third time Parisians had witnessed such an event: the first successful manned balloon flight had taken place on 21st November 1783, when Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes took off from the palace of  Versailles in a hot air balloon made by the Montgolfier brothers. The first manned hydrogen balloon flight had taken place on 1st December 1783, when Professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert ascended from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris.\n\nIt is not surprising that a number of tea wares painted with this subject are known, as the balloon flights sparked a veritable mania for ballooning and Sèvres responded by creating the equivalent of modern-day souvenirs, albeit for well-heeled customers.  Ballooning scenes were also painted on fans and snuff boxes and influenced fashion with puffed skirts and sleeves and even special hairstyles.","physicalDescription":"Cup and cover, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, decorated with landscapes, one depicting the first balloon flight ever made by Jean-Pierre Blanchard on March 2nd 1784 from the Champ de Mars to the plain of Billancourt, near Sèvres. 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