Chelsea-Derby Decorative Objects

Chelsea-Derby Frill Vase, c1770 Additional information: Date : c1770 Period : George III Marks : None Origin : Chelsea/Derby Colour : Polychrome Pattern : Reticulated rim with appl...

This is a beautiful porcelain figure of Juno with a peacock, made by Derby around the year 1780. The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when Andrew Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals in his back yard. In 1756 Staffordshire enameller William Duysbury and banker John Heath started a new porcelain factory with Planché and this was to grow out to the largest factory of its time, buying up the bankrupted Chelsea and Bow factories, as well as the stock of several other workshops including that of James Giles. The combination of various traditions, porcelain making skills and sophisticated clients enabled Duesbury to create one of the best porcelain factories of the 18th and 19th Centuries, which after many ups and downs is still operative today. The period between the purchase of the Chelsea factory in 1770 and ca 1784 is called the Chelsea-Derby era, when many items were created in Derby and decorated in Chelsea. Juno with a peacock is Derby figure...

This is a beautiful pair of Chelsea-Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made in about 1775, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...

This is a beautiful Chelsea-Derby figure of a lady with a lute made in circa 1770. This figure had been issued previously by Derby (in the early 1760s) an...

This beautifully hand-painted Derby porcelain urn features an exotic bird in a landscape, and gilt trim on a cobalt ground.

Two pairs of 18th century Chelsea Derby dishes, a pair of ovals and a pair of round dishes (only one of the pair of ovals is shown) decorated with flowers painted in a wonderful inte...