Pillivuyt, bicentennial porcelain factory!

Since 1818

It is an exceptional know-how that has been practiced in the workshops of Mehun-sur-Yèvre for about 200 years, since Pillivuyt is one of the oldest French porcelain factories. From the mineral powder to the final kiln output, it is 100% locally produced.
Recognized as a "Living Heritage Company", a visit to the company's workshops is an expression of a passion that is evident in every detail.

 

Its own paste...

The components of porcelain are natural materials. With them, Pillivuyt, makes its own paste, and is thus one of the very last porcelain factories in France to do so. You can discover this during a guided tour.
And you will see how, little by little, this paste is transformed, in the hands of the craftsmen, into a set of more than 1500 references of very high quality!
You will also find these exceptional objects in the factory store, of course.

  

Pillivuyt porcelain factory
Rue de la Manufacture
18500 Mehun-sur-Yèvre
Phone : 02 48 67 31 63
https://www.pillivuyt.fr/


Tourist Office

Tel : 02.48.57.35.51

  

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To go further....

Mehun-sur-Yèvre

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L'Alchimiste de Meissen : l'extraordinaire histoire de l'invention de la porcelaine en Europe

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Il fut un temps où les monarques d'Europe rêvaient tous de posséder le secret de fabrication de la porcelaine de Chine. Mais pour cela fallait-il un chimiste de génie ou un alchimiste qui n'a plus que quelques mois à vivre ?
L'extraordinaire histoire de l'invention de la porcelaine en Europe est à jamais liée à celle de Johann F. Böttger. Né en 1682, considéré comme l'un des meilleurs alchimistes de son époque, Böttger vit enfermé dans un laboratoire du roi libertin de Saxe, Auguste le Fort. Incapable de livrer les arcanes de la pierre philosophale, il va cependant sauver sa tête en découvrant la formule chimique de la porcelaine.
Au milieu des cornues, des fastes de cours, des caravanes de Chine, l'aventure de l'invention de la porcelaine en Europe se lit comme un chapitre passionnant de l'histoire de l'Art, comme un roman de cape et d'épée, où les mousquetaires sont des savants et des artistes, les brigands des rois et des princes.

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