Patrician Antiques: Antique Chelsea Porcelain 1745

PATRICIAN ANTIQUES : ANTIQUE CHELSEA PORCELAIN

BEAKER

RED ANCHOR PERIOD
The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1745 by Nicholas Sprimont, a sucessful immigrant Heugenot silversmith. His objective was to cater to the "Nobility and Gentry" with porcelain of exceptional quality and in the latest styles. His contacts and quality products soon led to Chelsea becoming the pre-eminent English factory.

During the life of the factory four different soft paste porcelain formulas were used corresponding with the Triangle, Raised Anchor, Red Anchor and Gold Anchor marks. Styles also changed from moulded shapes derived from silver through Kakeimon to botanicals and designs from Aesop's fables and then to the opulent figures and wares of the Gold Anchor period. Poor health interrupted operations and Sprimont's death in 1769 led to the acquisition of the factory by William Duesbury of the Derby factory

Inexperienced collectors should beware of placing too much reliance on marks as these were extensively used on European hard paste copies in the 19th & 20th centuries. There are also traps for the experienced in the "Torquay" reproductions of the 20th century although these are much rarer.

Derby : Worcester, colored : Worcester, blue & white : British 18th century porcelain

PATRICIAN ANTIQUES : ANTIQUE CHELSEA PORCELAIN
BEAKER RED ANCHOR PERIOD	The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory was founded in 1745 by Nicholas Sprimont, a sucessful immigrant Heugenot silversmith. His objective was to cater to the "Nobility and Gentry" with porcelain of exceptional quality and in the latest styles. His contacts and quality products soon led to Chelsea becoming the pre-eminent English factory. During the life of the factory four different soft paste porcelain formulas were used corresponding with the Triangle, Raised Anchor, Red Anchor and Gold Anchor marks. Styles also changed from moulded shapes derived from silver through Kakeimon to botanicals and designs from Aesop's fables and then to the opulent figures and wares of the Gold Anchor period. Poor health interrupted operations and Sprimont's death in 1769 led to the acquisition of the factory by William Duesbury of the Derby factory Inexperienced collectors should beware of placing too much reliance on marks as these were extensively used on European hard paste copies in the 19th & 20th centuries. There are also traps for the experienced in the "Torquay" reproductions of the 20th century although these are much rarer.

Stock #

Item Description

Date

Price

33207
Pierced basket, 3"high, 6-3/4"diameter. Open weave with applied blue flowers, brown rim, interior with two floral sprays.

Red anchor mark.

Minor losses to flowers, some staining

c.1760
$2,500.00

33208

Plate, 9-1/4" diameter, border with brown rim and molded floral panels alternating with bright polychrome flowers: the well with a molded border and centered with a floral sprig. The molded design is copied from the Meissen "Gotzkowsky" plate . This plate was shown in the English Ceramics from Northern California Collections exhibition held in 1980 at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor , San Francisco to coincide with the re-opening of the Porcelain gallery. (Number 84 in the catalogue.)

Red Anchor period. Unmarked.

Minor wear to the brown enamel on rim

c.1752

$1,350.00

SOLD40029
Plate, 9-1/4" diameter. Lobed rim edged with brown enamel with molded floral panels repeated in the well. Accented with scattered floral sprays and insects.This molded design is taken from the Meissen Gotzkowsky plate.

Red Anchor period. Unmarked.

Small rim chip restored.

c.1760
SOLD

SOLD 33205

Plate, 8-1/2" diameter,brown rim, twelve lobes, alternating molded ribbed pattern with polychrome birds, well with floral sprigs.

Red Anchor Mark.

2 small rim chips restored.

1760

SOLD

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Stock #	Item Description	Date	Price
33207	Pierced basket, 3"high, 6-3/4"diameter. Open weave with applied blue flowers, brown rim, interior with two floral sprays. Red anchor mark. Minor losses to flowers, some staining	c.1760	$2,500.00
33208	Plate, 9-1/4" diameter, border with brown rim and molded floral panels alternating with bright polychrome flowers: the well with a molded border and centered with a floral sprig. The molded design is copied from the Meissen "Gotzkowsky" plate . This plate was shown in the English Ceramics from Northern California Collections exhibition held in 1980 at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor , San Francisco to coincide with the re-opening of the Porcelain gallery. (Number 84 in the catalogue.) Red Anchor period. Unmarked. Minor wear to the brown enamel on rim	c.1752	$1,350.00
SOLD40029	Plate, 9-1/4" diameter. Lobed rim edged with brown enamel with molded floral panels repeated in the well. Accented with scattered floral sprays and insects.This molded design is taken from the Meissen Gotzkowsky plate. Red Anchor period. Unmarked. Small rim chip restored.	c.1760	SOLD
SOLD 33205	Plate, 8-1/2" diameter,brown rim, twelve lobes, alternating molded ribbed pattern with polychrome birds, well with floral sprigs. Red Anchor Mark. 2 small rim chips restored.	1760	SOLD
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