Honore  Savy's  fabrique  was  in  existence  in  1749,  although
it  was  sixteen  years  later  when  he  perfected  his  inimitable
green  enamel,  a  rich  and  translucent  monochrome — camaieu
vert — which  is  found  on  ware  which  bears  no  mark  such  as
the  fleur  de  lis,  adopted  by  Savy  after  the  visit  of  Monsieur,
Count  of  Provence,  brother  of  the  King,  to  his  factory  in
1777.  He  permitted  the  potter  to  use  the  title  of  Manu-
facture de  Monsieur,  frhre  du  Roi,  for  his  establishment.
The  widow  Perrin  made  wares  with  green  decoration,  but
the  green  was  paler  than  that  employed  by  Savy.  So  did
J.  Robert,  and  signed  them  with  his  monogram.  A  description
of  a  basket  made  at  the  fabrique  of  Savy  recalls  to  mind  the
form  of  the  Worcester  open-work  baskets,  though  the  latter
are  in  porcelain,  not  in  faience :  "  baskets  of  oval  form  in
open-work,  with  a  handle.  The  decoration  in  green  consists
of  small  flowers  in  green  upon  the  intersections  ;  the  interior
is  painted  with  a  Teniers  landscape."  Polychrome  decora-
tion was  also  employed.  It  is  very  rarely  that  the  green
pieces  are  marked.  Those  in  the  Sevres  Museum,  which  bear
Savy's  mark,  have  no  analogy  with  those  which  are  commonly
attributed  to  him  by  collectors.    Jacquemart  says  that


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there  exist  so  many  productions  on  which  the  fleur  de  lis
is  found  that  one  must  seriously  study  their  origin  before
applying  it  to  one  factory,  but  the  local  savants  at  Marseilles
accept  the  mark  as  that  of  Savy,  without  claiming  it  as  his
monopoly.
