Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain, in the Museum of Practical Geology (1893)
Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain) · London : Printed for H.M. Stationary Office, by Eyre and Spottiswood, sold only at the Museum · leaf 140
n p. 35. The figure of a carpenter,I. 6 (Fig. 115), is an exampleof the simpler efforts of theChelsea modellers; while thepair of figures, I. 5 and I. 6,illustrate the more highlydecorated style. Great, skillwas disi)layed in the pro-duction of the colours employedin the decoration of theporcelain.… … Fig. 115. Some of the early pieces of Chelsea porcelain are interestingas examples of the crude character of the work in its earlystages, when the technical details were incompletely mastered.Thus the plate I. 23, and the compotier I. 24, are of extremelydense paste, and the glaze is much fritted.…
Pottery -- England London
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