Pottery and porcelain; a guide to collectors (1900)
Litchfield, Frederick, b. 1850 · London and New York : Truslove, Hanson & Comba · leaf 325
Dresden, had acquired a taste for artistic pottery, and finding upon his family estate some suitable clay, he secured the services of Billingsley, the celebrated flower-painter of Derby. Billingsley possessed a recipe for porcelain-making, and a small factory was started in 1796, which produced… … Pinxton Ice-pail (Jermyn Street Museum). Derby china, but may generally be ascribed to the Pinxton factory when the paste is greyer and coarser in texture than that of Derby. A disagreement with Billingsley took place about 1 800-1 802, and the latter left afterwards to work at the Worcester…
Pottery · Porcelain
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