Vases of this type are referred to as “Sevres Style” because they are in imitation of original pieces made by the famous French Sevres porcelain works. While the originals these emulate were made during the 18th Century, these copies date from after 1891 when the country of origin marks were first used¹. Some of the copyists even went so far as to use variations on the Sevres company interlocking “L’s” marks, as is used on your vase. While these pieces are copies, they are very high quality items and are now antiques in their own right.

¹Country of origin marks on European porcelain such as “France” were not commonly used until after 1891, the year the USA introduced the Mckinley Act. The Mckinley Act enforced a trade policy that only allowed foreign goods into the USA if they were marked with their country of origin. As the USA was the largest growing market at that time most companies quickly adopted the country of origin markings on their export and domestic pieces.