n.
A fine French porcelain, often elaborately decorated.
[After Sèvres, a city of north-central France.]
Sèvres
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Sè·vres (sĕv'rə) 
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n.
A fine French porcelain, often elaborately decorated.
| Columbia Encyclopedia: Sèvres |
Sèvres (sĕv'rə), town (1990 pop. 22,057), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River; a residential suburb SW of Paris. The famous Sèvres ware porcelain is made in the town, which has a ceramics museum founded by Alexandre Brongniart and a ceramics school. Explosives, surgical supplies, and beer are also produced. Sèvres is the headquarters of the International Center for Pedagogic Studies.
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