French Porcelain for English Palaces: Sèvres from the Royal Collection

French Porcelain for English Palaces: Sèvres from the Royal Collection. This exhibition brings together around 300 pieces created by the pre-eminent European porcelain factory of the 18th century. The finely painted and gilded works by Sèvres were loved by royalty, aristocrats, connoisseurs and collectors. The factory's unrivalled techniques and revolutionary methods of production appealed to their liking for the rare, exotic and extravagant. The Royal Collection contains the world's finest group of Sèvres, much of it acquired between 1783 and 1830 by George IV, who popularised the taste for French porcelain in Britain.