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‖ Sceaux|səʊ|
The name of a town near Paris used attrib. and absol. to denote tin-enamelled faience made there in the latter part of the eighteenth century, often painted with floral and figure subjects and modelled in the form of figures.
1884Gasnault & Garnier French Pottery 182 (Index), Sceaux mark on faïence. 1903M. L. Solon Old French Faïence 125 An anchor, in allusion to the dignity of the Duke de Penthièvre, High Admiral of France, or the stencilled name: ‘Sceaux’, are the marks of the productions. 1948A. Lane French Faïence x. 40 In the 1770's the factory apparently looked for inspiration to Sceaux faïence and Sèvres porcelain. Ibid. 42 The Sceaux faïence-painting was of a very high quality. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pott. & Porc. 421/1 Enamelling..gives a distinctive quality to Sceaux faience. 1971L. A. Boger Dict. World Pott. & Porc. Pl. 283 (caption) Cruet frame and two cruets, enameled faïence. French, Sceaux, c. 1760. 1974Country Life 24 Jan. 129/3 (caption) Sceaux faience duck tureen. |