Sinceny manufactory

The Sinceny manufactory (sometimes St. Cenis) was a French producer of ceramics, especially faience, located in the village of Sinceny, Picardy, in northern France.[1]

Sinceny faience, 18th century.
Sinceny faience plate with Chinese scene, 1740-1760.

The Sinceny manufactory was founded in 1713, when potters from Rouen and before from Nevers,[2] moved there to establish their own venture.[3] As a consequence, Sinceny ware copied Rouen ceramics to the point of being sometimes indistinguishable from it.[3]

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Notes
  1. A Manual of Pottery and Porcelain for American Collectors John H. Threadwell p.69
  2. BNF book pn Céramiques Sinceny
  3. Historic Ornament - Treatise on Decorative Art and Architectural Ornament by James Ward p.64
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