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Plymouth Porcelain; Rockingham Pottery; Royal Crown Derby, (1750/57–present) Royal Doulton, (1815–2009 acquired by Fiskars) Royal Worcester, (1751–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Spode, (1767–2008 acquired by Portmeirion Pottery) Saint James's Factory (or "Girl-in-a-Swing", 1750s) Swansea porcelain; Vauxhall porcelain; Wedgwood ...
Ceramics manufacturing companies and ceramics/pottery design companies of the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In the 1950s, the Wade potteries created 'Whimsies', small solid porcelain animal figures first developed by Sir George Wade, which became popular and collectable in Britain and America, [1] [2] following their retail launch in 1954, [3] and were widely available in shops throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Lenox was founded in 1889 by Walter Scott Lenox as Lenox's Ceramic Art Company in Trenton, New Jersey. [1]As Lenox's products became popular in the early 20th century, the company expanded its production to a factory-style operation, making tableware in standard patterns while still relying on skilled handworking, especially for painting.
First Dutch porcelain factory was founded in Weesp, near Amsterdam 1760: Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro: Madrid: Spain: Capodimonte porcelain was moved to Madrid. Popularly called La China. 1760: Kloster Veilsdorf porcelain factory: Veilsdorf: Germany: Thuringia 1761: Porzellanmanufaktur Kelsterbach: Kelsterbach: Germany: Hessen: 1762: Volkstedt ...
There are no factory marks for the Liverpool concerns although a mark on later wares is sometimes seen in under-glaze blue with the initials HP. Chinoiserie bowl, c. 1765. English Liverpool pottery and porcelain is not to be confused with the products of East Liverpool, Ohio, a large American pottery centre, especially from about 1880 to 1960 ...
Haviland & Co. is a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain in France, begun in the 1840s by the American Haviland family, importers of porcelain to the US, which has always been the main market. Its finest period is generally accepted to be the late 19th century, when it tracked wider artistic styles in innovative designs in porcelain, as well as ...
A famous piece is the (50 kg) ornate item known as the Rhinoceros Vase (of which two are known) made to demonstrate the skill of producing such a large and complex item as a single piece of fired porcelain. [2] The factory was located in Swinton, near Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and for the later part of its lifetime existed ...