Excerpt from Royal Sevres China I74o. - The brothers Dubois, somewhat unreliable workmen of the Chantilly manufactory, arranged to work their secrets in regard to paste, glaze, and clay under M. Orry de Fulvi at the Chateau de Vincennes. A few years later an intelligent workman, Gravant, obtained their secrets and took their place. I7a8. - Bachelier began his work as Art Director. Louis XV. Was now making donations to the works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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