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Sèvres: tags: [geography]

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Definition:

A commune in France, near Paris. In literature the word usually refers specifically to the porcelin that is (still) manufactured there.

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they gambled for macaroons at the roulette establishment of the Pont de Sèvres*, picked bouquets at Pateaux,

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I have my scrivener’s stall in the market of the Rue de Sèvres**.

Victor Hugo. Les Misérables

^{*the bridge over the Seine leading to the city}

^{**the street going to the city}

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Napoleon sat down, toying with his Sevres coffee cup

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 09 (Book Nine). Simon & Schuster.

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Because these were royal meals, the chef and his staff used silver cooking utensils and served each course on either silver plates or Sèvres porcelain (a favorite of Madame de Pompadour).

Thomas J. Craughwell. Thomas Jefferson's Crème Brûlée, p.64 (2012)

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"The State Rooms were built in 1820 for King George IV," Trevor said. "There are nineteen rooms and they contain the most important pieces in the Royal Collection: marble busts by Canova and paintings by Holbein and Sèvres china from France."

Anita Hughes. Christmas in London, p.141 (2017)

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Victor came in softly with a cup of tea, and a pile of letters, on a small tray of old Sevres china,

Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray