Important Names and Factories

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Bow

• Bow Porcelain research site
• Definition of Bow porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica                      
• Bow Porcelain Factory from the British Museum  

 

Chelsea

• Definition of Chelsea porcelain from  Encyclopedia Britannica
• Chelsea Porcelain from the British Museum 

 

Derby

• Derby Porcelain from Pottery Histories
• Derby Marks from Antique Marks

 

Isleworth

• Information about Isleworth porcelain from the British Museum

 

Limehouse 

• Information about Limehouse porcelain from the British Museum
• The Limehouse Porcelain Factory by W. Ross H. Ramsay, Pat Daniels, & E. Gael Ramsay

 

Longton Hall – West Pans 

• Definition of Longton Hall porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica
• General information about Longton Hall porcelains  
• Information about Longton Hall Factory Porcelain from the British Museum  
• ebook Longton Hall Porcelain: being further information relating to this Interesting Fabrique 
• Information about West Pans Porcelain from the British Museum 
• Chronology of Longton Hall and West Pans 
• William Littler (1724-1785)
• General information on William Littler  

 

St. James 

• Examples of St. James porcelain from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Vauxhall 

• General information about Vauxhall porcelain  

 

Worcester

• Definition of Worcester porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica  
• History of Worcester porcelain from the BBC  

 

Liverpool factories 

• Definition of Liverpool porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica

 

Lowestoft 

• Information about Lowestoft porcelain from the Lowestoft Museum   

 

Plymouth – Bristol – New Hall 

• Definition of Plymouth porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica 
• ebook,  A Catalogue of Bristol and Plymouth Porcelain: With Examples of Bristol Glass and Pottery 
• Definition of Bristol porcelain from Encyclopedia Britannica
• Article on New Hall porcelain from World Collecters.com  

 

John and Richard Riley 

• Short entry on Printed British Pottery and Porcelain web site 
• ebook, Pottery and Porcelain of all Times and Nations 

 

William Greatbatch (1735-1815)

• Designer and maker of potter's molds. Employed by Josiah Wedgwood.  Teapot in V&A Ceramics Collection 
•  "The Usual Classes of Useful Articles": Staffordshire Ceramics Reconsidered (Chipstone, David Barker)
• No evidence of international trade (stays mostly within England), but still notably prolific and quality.  Known for his trade of ceramic materials (i.e. molds and blocks) with Wedgwood in the 1760's 

 

 Thomas Whieldon (1719-1795)

• General information on Thomas Whieldon
• Well-known potter of the 1740s and '50s, and partner of Josiah Wedgwood.  Based in Staffordshire.  Recognized for his production of tortoisheshell ware and development of agateware.   

 

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795)  

• Brief biography of Josiah Wedgwood  
• Information and Timeline of Wedgwood's history
• Example of an abolitionist work by Wedgwood (The Mint has one in its collection)  

 

Staffordshire   

• Brief History of Staffordshire pottery

 

Read the 1904 book English Porcelain Made During the Eighteenth Century by Arthur Herbert Church