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  2. Royal Crown Derby - Wikipedia

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    Pair of vases, 1772–1774, Derby Porcelain Factory (V&A Museum no. 485–1875)The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer, based in Derby, England (disputed by Royal Worcester, who claim 1751 as their year of establishment).

  3. Porcelain manufacturing companies in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Also known as the Royal Porcelain Factory 1756: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres: Sévres: France: It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. 1757: Royal Crown Derby: Derby: England: Year of establishment disputed with 1750 1759: Wedgwood: Stoke-on-Trent: England: 1766 Verbilki porcelain ...

  4. Factory mark - Wikipedia

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    It is frequently claimed that the first factory mark on the European porcelain, in the shape of crossed swords, appeared on the Meissen pieces in 1720. Edwards points out to earlier examples of Saint-Cloud and Medici porcelain, but there is little doubt that the Meissen mark was the first ever on a commercial porcelain product. [11]

  5. William Duesbury - Wikipedia

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    William Duesbury (1725–1786) was an English enameller, in the sense of a painter of porcelain, who became an important porcelain entrepreneur, founder of the Royal Crown Derby and owner of porcelain factories at Bow, Chelsea, Derby and Longton Hall.

  6. Derby Porcelain - Wikipedia

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    The production of Derby porcelain dates from the second half of the 18th century, although the authorship and the exact start of the production remains today as a matter of conjecture. The oldest remaining pieces in the late 19th century bore only the words "Darby" and "Darbishire" and the years 1751-2-3 as proof of place and year of manufacture.

  7. Chelsea porcelain factory - Wikipedia

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    Some pieces are unmarked in all periods, and there appears to be some overlapping of marks; indeed some pieces have two different marks. There are also anchor marks in blue and brown, [12] and an extremely rare "crown and trident" mark in underglaze blue, known on only about 20 pieces, and thought to date from around 1749. A chipped beaker with ...

  8. Ridgway Potteries - Wikipedia

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    This allowed him to incorporate the Royal Arms into his marks. [9] William concentrated rather more on a middle market, and produced large amounts for the American market. Indeed, by the 1840s William was planning to open a pottery in Kentucky with his New York agent, Charles Cartlidge, though in the end Cartlidge set up with American partners ...

  9. Johnson Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Serving plate with flow blue transfer printing, c. 1890 Two versions of the "Britannia" lavatory bowl, 1890s - 1905. Johnson Brothers was a British tableware manufacturer and exporter that was noted for its early introduction of "semi-porcelain" tableware.