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The French look works best when it is undiluted by other pieces. Arrange your favourite ceramics by theme and colour on a dresser or open shelves to show them off to their best advantage.

Pair of French ormolu mounted Sèvres lidded urns c1860, £2,150; antique Sèvres porcelain cobalt blue plate c1880, £380, all Regent Antiques. Three plates and a lidded tureen from a 17-piece Paris porcelain dessert service by Honoré, £7,500 for the set, Mayfair Gallery. Sèvres teapot c1765, £3,650, Adrian Sassoon.