Crossword clues for sevres
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Sèvres may refer to:
- Sèvres — a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France
- Manufacture nationale de Sèvres — the Sèvres porcelain factory
- Deux-Sèvres — a département in France
- Sèvre Nantaise — a river in France
- Sèvre Niortaise — a river in France
- Sèvres - Babylone — a station of the Paris Métro
- Treaty of Sèvres, an international treaty signed in 1919 concerning the Middle East
- Protocol of Sèvres, a secret 1956 agreement between France, Israel and the United Kingdom concerning the Suez Crisis.
Sèvres is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris and is in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the region of Île-de-France.
The commune is known for its famous porcelain production at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres and for being the location of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Usage examples of "sevres".
Having adjusted it carefully, flicked a speck of dust from his shining Hessians, and scrutinized his appearance critically in the long mirror, he picked up a Sevres snuff-box from his dressing-table, and said: “Come!
Brummell, desiring his opinion on a piece of Sevres he had been showing to one of his guests.
The auctioneer was looking at the remains of the Sevres vase, instructing the porter to gather the shattered fragments carefully, and Qwilleran thought it was time to introduce himself.
The Sevres vase, and the chandelier that fell, and the pier mirror that started to topple It makes me wonder.
Ravenscar, not seeing him, wondering which of his horses I would be obliged to sell, knowing if he sold all he would be unable to extricate himself from his embarrassment Mechanically he opened his delicate Sevres snuff box, and too a pinch.
A mantle-piece, with two modern Sevres vases, a timepiece representing Cupid with his bent bow, a mirror with an engraving on each side — one representing Homer carrying his guide, the other, Belisarius begging — a grayish paper.