Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 376
etter D or Derhy, and after this follows the Dwith an anchor of the Chelsea - Derby period. Kext to this, followinga royal visit to the factory, \n 1773, the mark with a crown was adopted,of which the earliest examples are in blue, puce, or gold, and the later inred. In earlier times the mark was… … 265. Crown-Derby Vase. Dr. Johnson visited the factory in 1777, and complained that it cost asmuch as silver. Like many other people, he had no appreciation of thetruth that silver is valuable for what it willbuy, and that art adds a hundred-fold to thevalue of silver itself. Dr. Johnsons…
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