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“The real deal,” says David Sterner, ofDavid Sterner Antiques, in Philadelphia, “the fantastic stuff that’s over-the-top beautiful, is nearly nonexistent on the market. A lot of it is in museums or private collections.”
Madame de Pompadour, chief mistress ofLouis XVof France, is said to have commissionedSèvresto create an entire indoor garden of porcelain botanicals. Surely, Charles would not want to be outdone by the French.
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