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Early English blue-and-white porcelain.
In an auction of antiques and bric-a-brac in the south of England just before last Christmas, a collector bought the blue-and-white porcelain coffee cup shown in Plate IV. Catalogued as eighteenth-century Chinese, the price paid--twenty pounds (approximately thirty-six United States dollars)--was in line with expectations, for Chinese cups are rarely expensive. The buyer, though, had a hunch that this might be something special. He took the cup home and looked through his books on early porcelain. After considerable searching, he found the exact pattern illustrated in a book I coauthered on the blue-and-white patterns produced by the Worcester porcelain manufactory. (1) I ...
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The Worcester porcelain factory is the only one in England with a continuous record...purchased the business for his sons, Joseph and John. Early Worcester porcelain was outstanding in quality, finer, more thinly and evenly...
- Tracking James Giles on Worcester porcelain.(ceramic wares)(Brief biography)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Crane, Paul June 1, 2007 700+ words
...plates to Chelsea and suggested that they were from the Worcester porcelain manufactory, but Mrs. Grubbe was unmoved. Finally...Westminster. It was during this period that his work on Worcester porcelain was undertaken. Based on his study of Giles's advertisements...
- Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain By Geoffrey A. Godden MA-226 Our price $89.50 This is the first book about these popular and beautiful ceramics to be published...
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) June 9, 2004 700+ words
...50 to [pounds sterling]9). Terence Conran's fresh new Bistro Blue design features slender stripes of dark blue on white porcelain cups, plates and bowls. Prices range from [pounds sterling]4.50 for a mug to [pounds sterling]9.50 for a pasta...
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- Magazine article from: Victoria Michael, Terry January 1, 2003 700+ words
...that Kuroda spent making commercial tableware are in the past. After a long search, he found his own voice working with white porcelain, and today his pieces are considered original works of art. Eric Zetterquist, a New York-based collector and private...
Source: HighBeam Research, Early English blue-and-white porcelain.