PORCELAIN: CHELSEA - THE ANCHOR MARK (2)

CHELSEA: OVERVIEW OF THE IMITATIONS (part 1)

Boulogne

Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)

  • Founded early 19th century
  • Founder(s): Haffringue
  • Period: 1857-1859
  • This factory produced white porcelain in Italian style. The anchor mark was only used from the moment that the families Clarté and Dunand became partners in 1857. The Boulogne factory was closed in 1859.

 

Bow

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.

 

Derby

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.

 

Gorodnitza

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.

 

Cologne

Cologne (Germany)

  • Founded in 1793
  • Founder(s): Engelbert Cremer en Bernhard Monheim
  • Period: 19th century
  • This factory was mainly a producer of stoneware, but they had also a small production of what the called "Translucent art porcelain in the Paris' style". The name "KÖLN" was incised and the anchor mark itself was painted in black over glaze.

 

Koppelsdorf

Koppelsdorf (Germany - Thuringia)

  • Founded in 1885
  • Founder(s): Armand Marsaille
  • Period: 1885-1910
  • This company manufactured mainly dollheads in unglazed porcelain (biscuit). The mark shown was registered in the RWZR on the 17th of May 1910.

 

Longton 1

Longton 1 (England)

  • Founded in 1901
  • Founder(s): founded as a public company
  • Period: 1901-1918
  • Industrial porcelain factory "Anchor Porcelain C°. Ltd.

 

Longton 2

Longton 2 (England)

  • Founded in 1897
  • Founder(s): Thomas Morris
  • Period: 1897-1901
  • Industrial porcelain factory "Anchor Works".

 

Longport

Longport (England - Staffordshire)

  • Founded in 1773
  • Founder(s): John Brindley
  • Period: 1794-1805
  • The factory was taken over in 1794 by John Davenport. It's in this period, and this until 1805, that the anchor mark was introduced at the Longport factory.

 

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