Nevers faience
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The Nevers manufactory (French: "Manufacture de faïence de Nevers") was a French manufacturing centre for faience in the city of Nevers. The first factory was started around 1588 by three Italian brothers, who brought the majolica tradition with them.[1] A porcelain manufactury in Nevers was also mentioned in 1844 by Alexandre Brongniart, but little is known about it.[2]
It is at the Nevers manufactory that Chinese-style blue and white wares were produced for the first time in France, with production running between 1650 and 1680.[3] Chinese styles would then be taken up by factories in Normandy, especially following the foundation of the French East India Company in 1664.[3]
Various epochs characterize the production of Nevers:[2]
- 1600-1660: Italian style
- 1650-1750: Chinese and Japanese style
- 1630-1700: Persian style
- 1640-1789: Franco-Nivernais style
- 1700-1789: Rouen manufactory style
- 1730-1789: Moustiers style
- 1770-1789: Saxe[disambiguation needed] style
- 1789: Decadence
See also
Notes
- ^ Birmingham Museum of Art (2010). Birmingham Museum of Art : guide to the collection. [Birmingham, Ala]: Birmingham Museum of Art. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-904832-77-5.
- ^ a b Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors by Frederick Litchfield p.219
- ^ a b The Grove encyclopedia of materials and techniques in art Gerald W. R. Ward p.38
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