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THBVintage 54 Piece English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Tea Set, 1939 to 1940
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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Vintage 54 Piece English Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Tea Set, 1939 to 1940. Delicately painted pink with floral shapes and patterns. Markings on the bases include "II" and "III," indicating the years they were made.
Condition: Overall excellent. Hairline crack on two pieces.
Largest Plate: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
#4652 .
The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is one of the oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturers based in Derby, England, with an ongoing rivalry with Royal Worcester over who began producing high-quality bone china tableware and ornamental items since approximately 1750 or 1751. In 1745 André Planché, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony, settled in Derby, where between 1747 and 1755 he made soft-paste porcelain vases and figurines. In 1756 he formed a business partnership with William Duesbury (1725-1786), a porcelain painter formerly at Chelsea Porcelain Factory and Longton Hall, and the banker John Heath. This was the foundation of the Derby company, but production by Planché at the Cockpit Hill Works, just outside the town, had begun before then, as evidenced by a creamware jug dated 1750 that is now in the possession of the Victoria and Albert Museum. However, Planché left the company within the year to move to London to work as a jeweler at his uncle’s company, and Duesbury bought out Heath two years later. Duesbury developed a new body which contained glass frit, soapstone, and calcined bone, and hired Richard Askew and James Banford to do figural painting on the pieces. Zachariah Boreman and John Brewer were hired in the late 1750s to paint landscapes, still lifes, and pastorals, and William Billingsley was brought on in 1760 to design and paint intricate floral patterns. In 1770 Duesbury acquired the Chelsea Porcelain Factory in London, and from then on the Derby paste included bone ash. He operated the Chelsea factory on its original site until 1784, with the products from there known as “Chelsea-Derby” and ones from his Derby factory called “Crown Derby” from 1773 onward when they were awarded a royal warrant by King George III. In 1776 he acquired the assets of Bow Porcelain Factory, and demolished the structure. Chelsea factory met the same fate in 1785, consolidating all operations into one place with the stock, patterns, and molds of multiple prestigious companies under Duesbury’s control. When William Duesbury died the following year his son, William Duesbury II (1763-1796), took over, developing a number of new glazes and body types. His sudden death after a short battle with illness in 1797 left his business partner Michael Kean in charge. He alienated several artists and potential investors with his decisions, although others flourished under his direction. William Duesbury III took over the factory in 1808, and forced Kean to sell his interest to grandfather-in-law, restructuring the company as Duesbury & Sheffield. This partnership was short lived, and in 1815 the factory was leased to the firm’s head salesman and clerk, Robert Bloor, ending the Duesbury’s involvement for good. Bloor made drastic financial decisions that eventually paid off in revitalizing the floundering company, and initiated a line of brightly colored Japanese Imari patterns that proved very popular. When Bloor died in 1845, his assistant Thomas Clarke took charge, but the Cockpit Works were sold and the factory closed in 1848. A group of former employees set up a factory on King Street in Derby, and continued to use the molds, patterns, and trademarks of the former business without using the name, making everything by hand without any mechanical assistance. Over the next forty these employees worked together to preserve and redevelop the company, and eventually built a large mechanized factory on Osmaston Road, with their patterns becoming so popular that they soon caught the eye of Queen Victoria. In 1890 she bestowed a royal warrant on Crown Derby, which was henceforth known as The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Factory. In 1964 the company was absorbed along with Royal Doulton and S. Pearson and Son to become the Allied English Potteries Group, eventually becoming an independent private company again in the 2000s. Today the company still makes porcelain items, and The Royal Crown Derby Visitor Center in the factory features a museum that offers tours as well as a gift shop and a restaurant.
Condition
Overall excellent. Hairline crack on two pieces.
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