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	The elegant design of our ornament is adapted from the intricate decorative motif on a French porcelain soup plate created by the Sèvres porcelain factory in 1847. The soup plate was originally part of a dinner service ordered for the château at Fontainebleau. The order was initiated by King Louis-Philippe in 1836, and the first pieces of the service were delivered to Fontainebleau in 1839. Deliveries continued through the early 1840s, and the service was augmented by additional orders made through 1847; it is to this last order that the soup plate belongs. The Sèvres porcelain factory, established in 1740 at the château of Vincennes just outside Paris, quickly became the preeminent producer of porcelain in Europe. Supported in its early years by the patronage of Louis XV, the factory was named the manufacture du roi in 1753 and was purchased by the king in 1759. Louis-Philippe, king of the French from 1830 to 1848, was a great patron of the Sèvres factory, and among his many orders were commissions for dinner services for each of his official residences. 24K gold plate. Diameter 1 1/2 in. Boxed set of 3. Each ornament includes a golden cord for hanging. Original Price $35 Mini Star Christmas Ornaments 10-073658 Member Price: $7.88 each Non-Member Price: $8.75 each Quantity: