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FOREWORD

China,evenafterhehaspassed

throughhisapprenticeship,andacquireda certainamountofexperience,toforma correctjudgmentofthatbranchofceramics embracedunderthedesignationofOld

EnglishPorcelain.Thoughnotprimarily

intendedfortheexpert,Ihaveendeavoured tosetdowninconciseformthedatawhich areessentialtoallwhosubmitourEnglish

Porcelainstoacloseandcriticalstudy.

Notonlyhasacarefulinvestigationbeen

madeoftheactualwares,butalsoofthe standardauthorsonthesubject,pastand present:Wherevertheirexperiencemight addtothelucidityofthetext,theirworks havebeenconsulted,andeverysourcehas beenacknowledged.

Tofacilitatereadyreferencethefactories

FOREWORD

havebeenarrangedinalphabetical,and notinchronologicalorder.Onefeature willnot,Ibelievebefoundinanyother bookonEnglishCeramics,thatofdiscussing underseparateandregularheadingsthe chiefdistinctionsofeachfactory.Ihave treatedthesepointssuccinctlyunderthe titlesofHistory,Paste,Glaze,Decoration,

Production,Characteristics,NotedArtists,

Chronology,andMarks.Thisorderhas

beenadheredtothroughoutthevolume, andthereaderwillthusquicklylearnto turntotherequisiteparagraphorheading whenseekingspecialinformationregarding anyfactory.Theillustrationshavebeen chosenfrommoreorlesshomelyorsimple piecesofpracticalvalueintheVictoria andAlbertMuseumatSouthKensington.

Adetaileddescriptionaccompanieseach,

togetherwithfullparticularsastosize, marks,andtheirlocationintheMuseum cases.Thesesimplepiecesaremorelikely tocomewithinthepurchasingpowerofthe amateurthantherareandcostlyobjects whichhavebeensofrequentlyreproduced inworksonEnglishPorcelain. vi

FOREWORD

Collectors,andbeginnersespecially,

shouldmakeapointofstudyingthewares exhibitedatmuseumsorgalleries.Itis injudgingblueandcoloursgenerally.

Thebibliographywill,Itrust,beofservice

tothosewhodesiretoinvestigatemore thoroughlytheHistoryofEnglishPorce lain.MythanksareduetoMr.W.

Tyrrell,notonlyfordrawingthemarks

onspecimensattheBritishMuseum,but alsoforhispermissiontoreproduce examplesfromthecollectionbelongingto

Messrs.Sampson,Low,MarstonCo.,

Ltd.,toMr.AlbertAmor,forpermissionto

reproducethemarksinhiscatalogueof theTrapnellCollectionofBristoland

PlymouthChina;andtoMajorGarrett,of

theCoalportFactory,fortheinteresting seriesofreprintsfromtheactualplatesof theCoalportFactorymarks,whichhehas permittedTmetoreproduce.

IamgreatlyindebtedtomyfriendMr.

FrankStevens,whohasnotonlybeengood

enoughtoreadmymanuscriptandtoselect andsupervisethephotographyofthe V1]

FOREWORD

illustrations,buthasalsoofferedseveral valuablesuggestionswhichIhavebeenglad toadopt,andsuppliedTtheusefulchrono logies,commentaryontheplatesandclassi

Xcationmarks,aswellasthechronograph

andthechapterwhichaccompaniesit.

H.W.L.

LOUGHTON,ESSEX.

PREFATORYNOTEONTHE

ILLUSTRATIONSANDMARKS

HEphotographswhichaccompany

thetexthavebeenselected fromtheunrivalledcollectionof

EnglishPorcelains,inRooms139(Schrei

ber)and140attheVictoriaandAlbert

Museum,SouthKensington.Theserooms

arealwaysofeasyaccesstothecollector, whowoulddowelltocomparetheillus trationswiththeactualpiecesinthe galleries.Ineveryinstancetheroom numberandcaseletter(ornumber), togetherwiththecataloguenumber,are given,sothatevenanoccasionalvisitor tothesetworoomswillreadilybeableto

Xndtheparticularobject.Carealsohas

beentakenonlytoillustratesuchpieces asmightbelikelytofallintothehandsof theordinarycollectorwhosemeans precludethepurchaseofcostlyorelaborate

PREFATORYNOTE

pieces,whichsofrequentlyappearin handbooksonporcelain.

Thedimensionsofeachpiecearegiven,so

thatthereadermaygainsomeapproximate ideaofitsSize.

Wherepiecesbearmarks,thesehavebeen

photographedfullsize,Wandincludedin theplateWherepossible.Inmanycasesa faintlyimpressedmarkhasbeenfound impossibletoreproducesatisfactorily.All marksarerecordedinthe'descriptionswhere theyexist.Ifthepieceisunmarkedthisis likewisenoted.

Inseveralinstancesthepiecesillustrated

Showsignsofwarpinginthe$ring,and

otherimperfections.Thesehavebeen speciallyincluded,toShowthecollector whatmayreasonablybeexpectedinthis directionfromspecialfactories.Asmuch maybelearntfromanimperfectpieceas fromonewhichiswithouta7awusually theimperfectpieceisthemoreinstructive.

Asarule,preferencehasbeengivento

usefuldomesticwareoverelaborate$gures, asbeingthecheaperandmoreusualoutput ofourBritishkilns.

PREFATORYNOTE

Thereproductionofcolouredandhighly

glazedporcelainbyphotographyhasalways presentedconsiderabledif6culties,owing totheharshnessofthehighlights,andthe blindnessofthephotographicplateto certaincolours,moreparticularlyyellow andred.Thephotographshererepro ducedhaveallbeentakenoncoloursensitive plates,withsuitablelightXlters,sothat therenderingofthecoloursinmonochrome isasaccurateaspossible.

Themarkswhicharefrequentlyfoundon

Englishporcelainsmustnotalwaysbe

regardedasthesoletestoforiginor excellence.Manygoodpiecesareum marked,andasmanyorevenmorebad specimensaretobefoundbearingmarksof thehighestreputation,imposedbythe misdirectedskilloftheingeniousmerchant infakes.Twpclassesofmark,however, mayalwaysberegardedwithsomedegree ofcertainty.(i)Theimpressed,incised, orembossedmark,placedontheobject, whenthepasteiswet,priortothe6rst $ring,and(ii)theunderglazemarks,usually inblue,appliedtothebodywheninbiscuit X1

PREFATORYNOTE

form.Thedoubtfulmarks,arethose paintedoverglazeingoldorenamel.

Theycanbeeasilyreproducedatthe

presentday,withoutriskofdamagetothe piece.Agenuinemarkmayevenbe removed,inordertogiveplacetoamore valuableone.Thesepointsshouldalways beborneinmindwhenthequestionofa markpresentsitself.

Thosemarkswhichappearinthe

illustrationshavebeenarrangedsystem atically,andclassi$edas(i)factorymarks, correspondingtotheVtrademarkWof thepresentday.Thesemaybeeither single,suchastheVSignofTinWwhich appearsontheoutputofPlymouth,or varied,asinthecaseofthecrossand

B,WwhichwerebothemployedatBristol.

Theyveryfrequentlyshedaninteresting

sidelightonthehistoryofafactory.Thus theanchorcombinedwiththeletterD indicatesthefusionoftheChelseaworks, (whosemarkwasananchor)withthoseof

Derby(theletterDstandingforeither

DerbyorDuesbury,theproprietor).Pieces

thussignedwouldnecessarilydatefrom xii

PREFATORYNOTE

1770,whenthepurchasetookplace.The

VisitofGeorgeIItoDerbyin1773left

itsrecordinthecrownwhichwasused fromthattimeonward.

Factorymarksareallofprimary

importance. (ii)WorkmenUsmarks:Signs,letters,or numerals.Theseappearinprofusionon

Worcesterware,andthoughinteresting,do

notaffordanyverypreciseinformation.

Forexample,thepaintersUmarksatBristol

numberconsecutivelyfromonetotwenty four.Oftheseonlytwohavebeenassigned tode$nitepainters.No.ItoHenryBone, andNo.2toWilliamStephenorStevens.

Theyfurnish,however,aW1de$eldfor

speculationtothecollectorwhoseinclina tionleadshimtotraceandidentifythe workofanyparticularartist. (iii)Imitationmarks,borrowedfrom otherfactories,orcloselycopied,possibly withintenttodeceive.Thesearenot infrequentlyasourceofconsiderablecon fusiontotheinexperiencedcollector,who, seeingperhapsthecrossedswordsof

Dresdenuponanewacquisition,jumpsto

xiii

PREFATORYNOTE

theconclusionthathehassecuredagenuine pieceofMeissenmanufacture.Yetthe crossedswordsappearupontheworkof theDerby,Caughley,Worcester,andBristol factories.Similarly,theWorcesterblue crescentisfoundatBowandCaughley, oftenonwarewhichitselffollowsthe

Worcesterstyleverycloselybothinpaste

anddecoration. (iv)Anotherclassmaybetermedthe orientalmark,intowhichoneofthewell knownChinesemarkshasbeentaken, toaddverisimilitudetoanorientalpattern whichappearsonanEnglishpaste.Many ofthesemarksfollowthesealwhichthe

Chinesepotterimpresseduponhiswares.

Thesesealswereusuallysquare,theChinese

thepurpose.Intheseitiseasytotrace thegenesisofthewell-knownWorcester

Squaremark,whichisanexactcopyofa

Chinesesealof1662-1722.Similarsquare

formsarefoundatChelsea,Bow,and

Derby.TheChinesemarkforShou

(longevity),hasbeenfreelyadoptedwith variationsatWorcester,whileso-called XIV

PREFATORYNOTE

potterUsstool(inrealityafour-legged incenseburnerappearsatDerby.A moredetaileddescriptionofthemarks accompanieseachplate.

SpecialthanksareduetoMr.Tyrrell

forthecarefuldrawingswhichhehas prepared,andtoMajorGarrettofCoalport forimpressionsoftheoriginalcopper platesbelongingtotheCaughleyand

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