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Louis Constant Sévin won many medals for his work, and the manufacturer Barbedienne, attributing Sévin's mastery of a variety of styles to his knowledge of the history of ornament praised his manner as \"always sober and pure.\"  Sévin won several medals at the London 1862 and Paris 1867 Exhibitions and elsewhere.  Désiré Attarge was a celebrated chaser and sculptor.","physicalDescription":"Vase in the shape of an amphora on a square base. 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