The ABC of collecting old English china, giving short history of the English factories, and showing how to apply tests for unmarked china before 1800 (1908)
Blacker, J. F · London : London Opinion Curio Club · leaf 59
ady Charlotte Schreiber collectionat South Kensington are fine enough to make any collectorbreak the tenth commandment. Very little information can be gleaned regarding the earliestmanufacture of porcelain at Chelsea. Probably when JohnDwight, the inventor of the mysterie oftransparent earthenware,… … The Earliest Chelsea Mark. This was of a glassy body or paste, with powdered Oriental chinaand a small proportion of white clay as the base. The early CHELSEA 51 works did not last long. Limehouse was closed in 1750, and thecelebrated Battersea enamel factory in 1754. But before thisChelsea had…
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