Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . wo other pieces is uncertain. Inthe weekly statements of Work Don at Chelsea by Barton, Boyer,&c, in 1770, published by Jewitt in his Ceramic Art in Great Britain(Vol. 1, p. 182), the item Pidgeon House Perfume Pots occursmore than once (see No. 36). These dainty little scent-bottlesfrequently bear a French inscription, and the hollowed out bases areusually covered with paintings of flowers and gold work. Candle-sticks, candelabra, and clocks, surrounded with metal branches, wereset with small porcelain figures and flowers co
Artificial soft paste porcelain : France, Italy, Spain and England . wo other pieces is uncertain. Inthe weekly statements of Work Don at Chelsea by Barton, Boyer,&c, in 1770, published by Jewitt in his Ceramic Art in Great Britain(Vol. 1, p. 182), the item Pidgeon House Perfume Pots occursmore than once (see No. 36). These dainty little scent-bottlesfrequently bear a French inscription, and the hollowed out bases areusually covered with paintings of flowers and gold work. Candle-sticks, candelabra, and clocks, surrounded with metal branches, wereset with small porcelain figures and flowers coloured after nature. In 1770 the works were transferred to William Duesbury, mana-ger of the Derby works. The principal factory mark used at Chelsea was an anchor, at firstraised in the paste, and later traced in red, purple, brown, or some of the earlier pieces is found a triangle incised in the mark is frequently found on the backs of figures, or in a fold ofthe drapery. Characteristics: Chelsea frit paste porcelain is readily distinguished. Nos. 91-3 HZ 1 ? pPji KSoli^. |_ilWj ?Mf^^ P / ^tH ., &tpP *Au lEJImB __-** N03. 82-1070,1135, 99-1009. 34, 35, Soft Paste Scent Bottles (3£ inches in height).Decorated in , England, about Moore Collection. 25 by the mellow, waxy quality of the body, and its heavy, unctuous mooning, or presence of translucent grease spots, is usuallyvery pronounced. The earlier pieces are devoid of gilding, whilepolychrome decorations, sparingly applied, are painted for the greaterpart in enamel colours. On the bases of the larger groups and figuresare three or four smudges, known as thumb marks. The figuresare sharp and have been carefully retouched, while the colouring hasbeen applied i
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