THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

The illustrations upon this and the opposite page ofthe Record, have been selected from the small but choicecollection of Sevres Porcelain, contributed to the Exhi-

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bition by the Government of France. The varied na-ture of these articles, their graceful forms, and the perfeet propriety as "well as beauty of their decorations, are

represented, as far as uncolored illustrations can represent them, by our engravings.

The porcelain of Sevres is the perfection of the cera-

mic art, and while it would be superfluous to praiseworks which have so long been the acknowledged stand-

ards of excellence, it may be useful to state how thatenviable distinction has been obtained. In 1710, the

of similar imitations of oriental china. Their efforts re-sulted in the discovery of a new composition for porce-

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men trained at the former place; and in 1745, the pro-prietor,. M. Gravant, sold the secret to the Marquis d’ Orry,

title of Royal Manufactory; in the following year thefactory was transferred to Sfevres, and six years after, the

successful experiments of Bottcher, in Saxony, stimulatedthe manufacturers of France to attempt the production

lain, called pate-tendre, or Old Sevres. It was first manu-factured at St.. Cloud; afterwards at Chantilly, by work-

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the Minister of Finance. In 1753 Louis XV. becameone third owner of the establishment, and gave it the

other shares being bought by the king, it was placed un-der the sole direction and patronage of the government.

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