Sèvres - Porcelain Juice Pot - Eighteenth Century

Juicing pot and its lid, nets and gold wolf teeth, blue mark with intertwined Ls, Sèvres porcelain, 18th century.
Sèvres porcelain comes from one of the most important factories in Europe. Founded in 1740, it remains world famous today. The Sèvres factory was developed thanks to the patronage of Louis XV under the influence of Madame de Pompadour. Originally located in Vincennes then moved to Sèvres in 1756, it produced so-called soft porcelain then hard porcelain following the discovery of a Kaolin deposit near Limoges and marketed from 1770. Over the political regimes it is found on all royal, imperial or presidential tables. Sèvres continually produced fashionable new designs which were widely admired and imitated.