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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).
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.
The cypher for Elizabeth II was E II R, standing for Elizabeth II Regina [5] and was usually surmounted by a stylised version of St. Edward's Crown. In Scotland, as a result of the 'Pillar Box War', which was a dispute over the correct title of the new monarch (Elizabeth I of England and Ireland was not a monarch of Scotland, so the new queen would have been Elizabeth I, not II, in Scotland ...
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.
Duesbury was a son of William Duesbury (1725–1786) and the prosperity of the family pottery works (Royal Crown Derby) reached its highest point shortly after he succeeded to them. He took into partnership an Irish miniature-painter Michael Kean .
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He exhibited at the Royal Academy each year from 1786 to 1790, and at the exhibitions of the Free Society of Artists. [1] [2] In 1795 Kean entered into a partnership with William Duesbury II, proprietor of the porcelain factory in Derby later known as Royal Crown Derby. After Duesbury's death in 1796 he became manager of the factory; in 1798 he ...
Holtzendorff worked for the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company and has drawn sketches representing the landscape of Derbyshire that were applied to china. [2] Becket Street by Georg Holtzendorff. Shows the Derby Museum and Art Gallery c. 1882, when there was a house for the curator.