The Sinceny manufactory (sometimes St. Cenis) was a French producer of ceramics, especially

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major ad ...

, located in the village of

Sinceny Sinceny () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also * Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The commu ...

Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...

, in northern France. The Sinceny manufactory was founded in 1713, when potters from

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

and before from

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

,BNF book pn ''Céramiques Sinceny'' moved there to establish their own venture.''Historic Ornament - Treatise on Decorative Art and Architectural Ornament'' by James Ward p.64
/ref> As a consequence, Sinceny ware copied Rouen ceramics to the point of being sometimes indistinguishable from it.

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{{reflist Ceramics manufacturers of France Companies based in Hauts-de-France Faience of France