Sèvres, a French town on the Seine, 10½ m. SW. of Paris, celebrated for its fine porcelain ware (especially vases), the manufacture of which was established in 1755; has a school of mosaic work and museums for pottery ware of all ages and countries.
Population (circa 1900) given as 7,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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