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Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware plate with white sprigged reliefs. Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885 Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 [1] by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. [2]
The manufacture began to produce porcelain only in 1800 [1] 1770: Rörstrand: Stockholm: Sweden: The company was established in 1726; however, it began to produce porcelain wares only in the 1770s 1771: Limoges porcelain: Limoges: France: Limoges maintains the position it established in the 19th century as the premier manufacturing city of ...
Frankenthal porcelain group, c. 1760 Frankenthal porcelain marks Pieces from a dinner service of 1782 Platter with a paeony from the French Hannong factory making Strasbourg faience, c. 1765 The Frankenthal Porcelain Factory (German: Porzellanmanufaktur Frankenthal ) was one of the greatest porcelain manufacturers of Germany and operated in ...
Until the 18th century, porcelain had to be imported into Europe from East Asia and was thus rare on the continent. The first European hard-paste porcelain factory was that making Meissen porcelain from 1710, followed by Vienna porcelain in 1718, the Höchst Porcelain Manufactory [ de ] in 1746, Fürstenberg and Nymphenburg in 1747, Berlin in ...
Nymphenburg: Pair of small table vases, probably by J. Häringer, c. 1760 Nymphenburg porcelain tableware, c. 1760–1765 The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (German: Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg) is located at the Nördliches Schloßrondell (northern palace circle) in one of the Cavalier Houses in front of the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany, and since its establishment in 1747 ...
Chantilly porcelain is French soft-paste porcelain produced between 1730 and 1800 by the manufactory of Chantilly in Oise, France. The wares are usually divided into three periods, 1730–1751, 1751–1760, and a gradual decline from 1760 to 1800.
The sale at auction in 2003 of a tureen in the form of a hen and chickens for £223,650 was then the auction record for English 18th-century porcelain. [54] In 2018 a pair of plaice -shaped tureens of c. 1755 from the collection of David Rockefeller and his wife fetched $300,000 (both sales at Christie's).
Jingdezhen dish of typical shape. Width: 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm). For profile view see below. Kraak ware or Kraak porcelain (Dutch Kraakporselein) is a type of Chinese export porcelain produced mainly in the late Ming dynasty, in the Wanli reign (1573–1620), but also in the Tianqi (1620–1627) and the Chongzhen (1627–1644). [1]