Lunéville Faience

He formulated a new type of earthenware called "terre de Lorraine" in 1748 based on the study of English potteries.

At the time, Lorraine being indeed an independent state, France levied heavy taxes on goods imported from there, reason why Jacques Chambrette established as early as 1758 an additional factory in Saint-Clément, Meurthe-et-Moselle, only seven miles away, but located on French territory to escape those duties.

However, at the death of the founder, the two factories were split between the family and Richard Mique bought in 1763 the Saint-Clément part.

In 1786 Sébastien Keller bought Luneville from the Chambrette family following the bankruptcy of the pottery manufacturer in 1785.

The factory's products had a worldwide reputation and participated successfully in various fields of art and industrial exhibitions.