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Chelsea was known for its figures, initially mostly single standing figures of the Cries of London and other subjects. Many of these were very small by European standards, from about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (6 to 9 cm) high, overlapping with the category of "Chelsea Toys", for which the factory was famous in the 1750s and 1760s.
Brittania figure dated 1780 now in Derby Museum. In 1770 Duesbury was able to purchase the failing Chelsea porcelain factory and for the next few years he probably used it to decorate porcelain produced in Derby destined for the London market. He continued the tradition at Chelsea of holding an annual auction.
Soft-paste porcelain (sometimes simply "soft paste", or "artificial porcelain") is a type of ceramic material in pottery, usually accepted as a type of porcelain. It is weaker than "true" hard-paste porcelain , and does not require either its high firing temperatures or special mineral ingredients.
Bow porcelain factory, (1747–1776) Caughley porcelain; Chelsea porcelain factory, (c. 1745, merged with Derby in 1770) Churchill China; Coalport porcelain; Davenport; Denby Pottery Company; Goss crested china; Liverpool porcelain; Longton Hall porcelain; Lowestoft Porcelain Factory; Mintons Ltd, (1793–1968, merged with Royal Doulton ...
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Bow parrot, c. 1760. The green and the crimson-purple on the base are two of Bow's distinctive colours. The Bow porcelain factory (active c. 1747–64 and closed in 1776) was an emulative rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in the manufacture of early soft-paste porcelain in Great Britain.