Porcelain
121Sèvres porcelain — French hard paste, or true, porcelain, as well as soft paste porcelain, made at the royal (now national) factory of Sèvres from 1756 until the present. After the decline of Meissen porcelain after 1756, Sèvres became the leading porcelain factory …
122Imari porcelain — is the European collectors name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū, and exported from the port of Imari, Saga, specifically for the European export trade. In Japanese, these… …
123Plymouth porcelain — was a hard paste porcelain made in the English county of Devon in the 18th century [See Cookworthy s Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain by F.Severne Mackenna(1947) published by F.Lewis and William Cookworthy 1705 1780: a study of the pioneer of true… …
124Saint-Cloud porcelain — was a brand of soft paste porcelain produced in the French town of Saint Cloud in the late 17th and early to mid 18th centuries. In 1702, Philippe II, Duke of Orléansgave letters patent to produce porcelain to the family of Pierre Chicaneau, who… …
125Chelsea porcelain — Soft paste porcelain made in the London borough of Chelsea. The factory, established с 1743, produced its greatest wares tableware and bird figures, with designs inspired by Meissen porcelain and marked with a raised anchor on an oval medallion… …
126Capodimonte porcelain — The Capodimonte porcelain manufactory was established in Naples in 1743, in direct emulation of the porcelain being produced at Meissen. Capodimonte is famous for is moulded figurines and its decorative modelled flowers applied to cups and vases …
127Doccia porcelain — Marchese Carlo Ginori (1702 1757) The Doccia porcelain manufactory, at Doccia, a frazione of Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence, was founded in 1735 by marchese Carlo Ginori near his villa. Now known as Richard Ginori, (following its merger with… …
128Limoges porcelain — designates hard paste porcelain produced by factories round the city of Limoges, France from the late 1700s and is still ongoingThe manufacturing of hard paste porcelain at Limoges, following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin, was… …
