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CHELSEA: OVERVIEW OF THE IMITATIONS (part 1) |
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Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
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Bow (England)
- Founded in 1744
- Founder(s): Thomas Frye and Edward Heylin
- Period: 1760-1775
Thomas Frye, an engraver, and Edward Heylin, merchant, owners of a glass factory at Bow, obtained in 1744 a patent for manufacturing porcelain. As from 1748, and this with the support of the businessmen Weatherby and Crowter, the production was at a high level. From 1748 till 1754, wares were manufactured and decorated in "Oriental style", mainly "Blanc de Chine", Arita (Japan), Chinese blue and white porcelain, but also the "Famille rose". As from 1755 the models and decorations were influenced by Meissen and later on, in 1760, after the retirement of Frye, also by Chelsea. It's from this moment on that also the Chelsea anchor mark was imitated. After the dead of Weatherby in 1762 and the bankrupt of Crowther in 1763, the production was decreased dramatically. Finaly the factory was bought in 1776 by William Duesbury, who closed it down in 1778 and moved the models to Derby.
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Derby (England - Derbyshire)
- Founded in 1756
- Founder(s): Planché, John Heath en William Duesbury
- Period: Last quarter of the 18th century
The first factory was set up in 1745 by Thomas Briand en James Marchand, but it existed only for a short time. The second attempt, by William Duesbury in 1756, was more succesful: the Derby factory is still operational at present day. Its products were advertised with the catch-phrase "Derby or the second Dresden", this directing to Meissen. Derby merged in 1784 with the Chelsea factory.
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Gorodnitza (Poland)
- Founded in 1798
- Founder(s): Prince Iwan Czartoryski
- Period: 1856-1870
In this factory, porcelain was only manufactured as from 1856. Technically the wares were of very high quality, but art value was rather low (mostly production of tablewares). The factory was destroyed by fire in 1870.
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Cologne (Germany)
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Koppelsdorf (Germany - Thuringia)
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Longton 1 (England)
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Longton 2 (England)
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Longport (England - Staffordshire)
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