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CONTRIBUTIONS

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THE HISTORY

OF

Early English Porcelain,
FROM CONTEMPORARY SOURCES.

" . (
J. E. NIGHTINGALE, F.S.A.

To which are added Reprints from Messrs. Christies Sale Catalogues
of the Chelsea, Derby, Worcester and Bristol Manufactories
from 1769 to 1785.

PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION.

SALISBURY :
BENNETT BROTHERS, PRINTERS, JOURNAL OFFICE.

EARLY ENGLISH PORCELAIN.

In the Journal of the Archaeological Institute for 1862
Mr. A. W. Franks printed his " Notes on the Manufac
ture of Porcelain at Chelsea." This account contains
pretty well all the information that has hitherto been
known on the subject. Mr. Franks concluded his Paper
with the following remarks : — "I feel certain, that if the
newspapers of the period, both local and metropolitan,
were carefully examined, much curious matter might be
brought together, which would throw light on many
debated points in the history of porcelain. I will ven
ture to suggest the importance of collecting together*
such scattered notices, which are far more useful and
far more to be depended upon than the vague opinions
formed by collectors, resting frequently on hearsay, and
on a misconception of the true bearing of some fact or
document which is not given in full."
Acting on this suggestion, I have lately gone through
such of the newspapers as are to be found in the British
Museum, together with some others, which cover the
period of the rise and development of the different
manufactures of English Porcelain in the last century.

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These notices consist principally of announcements of
Sales by Auction, but I have also extracted any matter
which bears at all on the subject from any other source,
and have classified them all under their different heads.
I have thus been enabled to add one more at least,
namely that of Longton Hall, to the list of English
Porcelain Manufactories, nearly all of which had their
origin in the earliest years of the second half of the last
century. Some few of these notices of Sales by Auc
tion may be found already printed and scattered amongst
the different accounts of the English Factories; but
they are only such as have turned up accidentally and
not the result of any settled plan.
These incidental notices, as far as they relate to the
Chelsea works, are continued down to about 1769 — 70,
the period when Sprimont retired altogether from the
Chelsea Manufactory. After that time I have, by the
courtesy of Messrs. Christie, been enabled to reprint
either wholly or in part, a large number of sale Catalogues
of the Chelsea and Derby fabrics, as well as a Worcester
and a Bristol Catalogue : these extend to the year 1785,
after which time these sales by public auction seem to
have ceased. I begin with Chelsea, as that was incon-
testably the most important, both artistically and other
wise, of any of the English manufactories.

CHELSEA,

No information can be gained from any Kate Books
of the Parish of Chelsea, as to the names or occupiers
of any particular premises in the middle of the last
century. The earliest Eate Books now preserved date
from about 1798.
At what particular time the Duke of Cumberland
and Sir Everard Faulkener became interested in the
Chelsea works does not appear, but that a close connec
tion existed between these two Patrons is evident, from
the following paragraph which appeared in the General
Advertiser on March 18th, 1744-5 : — " Sir Everard
Faulkener Kn'. is appointed Secretary to the Duke of
Cumberland, Generalissimo of the Forces in Flanders,
&c." The earliest notice I have found in any Newspaper
relating to the manufacture of English Porcelain is
contained in the General Advertiser of January 29,
1750, and repeated several times during the spring : —
Chelsea China Warehouse.
Seeing it frequently advertised, that the Proprietor of
Chelsea Porcelaine is not concerned in any shape what
soever in the Goods exposed to Sale in St. James's-street,
called The Chelsea China Warehouse, in common Justice
to N. Sprimont, (who signed the Advertisement) as well
as myself, I think it incumbent, publickly to declare to the
Nobility, Gentry, &c. that my China Warehouse is not
supply'd by any other Person than Mr. Charles Gouyn,
late Proprietor and Chief Manager of the Chelsea-House,
who continues to supply me with the most curious Goods
of that Manufacture, as well useful as ornamental, and
which I dispose of at very reasonable Rates. .
Chelsea China Warehouse, S. Stables.
St. James's-street, Jan.
17th, 1750.

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I had great difficulty in finding the advertisement of
Sprimont's which called forth this retort from Stables.
There is only a single number of the Daily Advertiser
for the year 1750 preserved in the British Museum, and
this is bound up with other Newspapers, but in this
particular number of May 15th the following advertise
ment fortunately appeared : —
Chelsea Porcelaine.
The Publick is hereby informed, that the Sale- Warehouse at
the Manufactory there will from henceforward be con
stantly open, and that new Productions are daily pro
duced, and brought into the Sale-Room.
And the Publick may be assured, that no Pains will be
spared to extend this Manufacture to as great a Variety
as possible, either for Use or Ornament.
Note, The Quality and Gentry may be assured, that I am
not concern'd in any Shape whatsoever with the Goods
expos'd to Sale in St. James's Street, called the Chelsea-
China Warehouse. N. Sprimont.
This advertisement by Stables seems to imply that
Charles Gouyn had preceded Sprimont as Proprietor
and Chief Manager of the Chelsea works, and that
Gouyn still continued to manufacture on his own
account. This was evidently a period of considerable change
and a new starting point in the history of the manu
factory. In the London Evening Post of Dec. 19,
1749, a Freehold Messuage is advertised to be sold in
" Great China Bow, Chelsea," enquiries to be made
of Mr. Brown " over against the French Chapel in
Chelsea." Gouyn and Sprimont had probably both a
French origin, and from the allusion in the advertise
ment to a Chapel of that nationality, there was appa
rently a French colony in Chelsea at that time. French

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surnames frequently occur in connection with Chelsea.
Previous to 1750 I find in the numerous sales adver
tized by public auction no notice of any English or
European porcelain with the exception of Dresden. In
sales of any importance belonging to persons of quality
porcelain is almost always mentioned ; but it is confined
to Oriental, and in the majorityof instances described
as Old Japan. The first allusion to any English porce
lain in a sale by auction is in the General Advertiser
for Dec. 4, 1750, in which Mr. Ford announces the sale
of a " Closet of fine Old Japan China," in which is
included " curious Dresden and Chelsea Figures."
Whatever might have been the date of the first estab
lishment of the manufactory of porcelain at Chelsea, it
does not appear that works were extensively carried on
there before about 1750. The well known examples of
the " Goat" jugs with the inscribed mark " Chelsea,
1745," seem to show that articles of considerable excel
lence were made there at that period, but it was only in
1749 or 1750, when Sprimont appears to have succeeded
Gouyn in the Chelsea works, that any specific public
notice is found of the manufactory; even then it is
announced that the sale warehouse at Chelsea would
only be opened continuously for the first time for the
sale of its products. Although Chelsea now may be
considered as a part of London, it was very different in
the middle of the last century, and there is no reason
to suppose that the sale warehouse afterwards opened in
Tall Mall was then in existence.
Sprimont, in 1750, says " no pains will be spared to
extend this manufactory to as great a variety as pos
sible, either for use or ornament." There are two

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incidental notices of the Chelsea Manufactory in 1747,
both of which go to show that the factory was not then
firmly established. Shaw in his "History of the Stafford
shire Potteries" (Handley, 1829) says that Carlos
Simpson and his father, with six other Staffordshire
workmen, went in 1747 to work at the Chelsea China
manufactory for a short time; that they soon ascer
tained that they were the principal workmen on whose
exertions all the excellence of the porcelain must
depend. The other notice is found in the " London
Tradesman" of 1747, by K. Campbell, who seems to
have had an accurate knowledge of all the trades then
carried on in London ; he says, " Of late we have made
some Attempts to make Porcelain or China-Ware, after
the Manner it is done in China and Dresden; there is a
House at Greenwich, and another at Chelsea, where the
Undertakers have been for some time trying to imitate
that beautiful manufacture."
Again a passage in the well-known " Case of the
Undertaker of the Chelsea Porcelain" — whoever he may
be — states that the manufacture was then put upon a
more extended footing, and that the sales were very
large "considering the thing is new." The earliest
date that can be assigned to this undated document
is 1752. The writer describes himself as originally
a silversmith by profession ; but I do not find either
the names or initials of Gouyn or Sprimont in any list
of silversmiths at that time.
At some period between 1750 and 1754 a warehouse
was opened in Pall Mall presumably for the sale of the
Chelsea products, but it does not appear at this time to
have been used as a regular London dep6t. In 1754

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the manufactory had assumed large dimensions, and in
this year began the sales by public auction. From this
period the Chelsea works were well before the public, and
the notices become pretty regular in the newspapers.
The first sale by public auction is • announced in the
following terms in the Public Advertiser from March
29th to April 26th, 1754 :—
To be Sold by Auction.
By MR. FORD,
At his Great Room in the Haymarket, on Wednesday next
and the fourteen following Days, Sundays excepted —
The large, valuable, and entire Stock of the CHELSEA
PORCELAINE, brought from the Manufactory there and
the Warehouse in Pail-Mall; consisting of Epargnes and
Services for Deserts, beautiful Groupes of Figures, &c. com
plete Table Sets of round and Oval Dishes, Tureens and
Plates, with the greatest Variety of other useful and orna
mental Pieces, all warranted True Enamel.
The Undertaker of this Manufactory, having, at a very
great Expense, brought it to that Perfection, as to be
allowed superior to any other Attempts made in that Way,
humbly hopes this Manner of offering his Works to the
Publick will meet with favourable Encouragement, more
particularly as he is determined to submit the Value
entirely to their Generosity, and likewise that he will
positively not open his Warehouses, nor exhibit any Article
to Sale, after this, till next Year.
The Whole may be view'd to the Time of Sale, which
will begin each Day punctually at Twelve o'Clock.
Catalogues to be had at Mr. Ford's at Six-pence each,
which money will be returned to those that are Purchasers.
On April 11th the following paragraph was added to
the Advertisement : —
\W At the particular Desire ofthe Nobility, &c, that have
honour'd the Auction with their Company, the remain
ing seven Days of the Sale are adjourn'd to Friday
next, and to oblige the Curious, the lots of those Days
will be exhibited to View on Wednesday and Thursday
next. b

This first sale was probably a success as, notwith
standing the announcement that no further sale would
take place that year, the following advertisement appears
in the Public Advertiser from Nov. 23 to Dec. 21, 1754.
This collection was apparently confined to Porcelain toys
and the smaller objects of value then made at Chelsea ;
the sale extended over five days.
By Order of the Proprietors of the Chelsea Porcelain
Manufactory.
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. FORD,
At his great; Room in St. James' Haymarket on Monday
the 1 6th December and the following Days.
All the entire Stock of PORCELAIN TOYS, brought
from their Warehouse in Pall-Mall ; consisting of Snuff
boxes, Smelling Bottles, Etwees and Trinkets for Watches,
(mounted in Gold, and unmounted) in various beautiful
Shapes, of an elegant Design, and curiously painted in
Enamel. The said Stock may be view'd, and Catalogues had, at
Mr. Ford's, on Wednesday the nth of December, and the
following Days, Sunday excepted, till the Time of Sale,
which will begin each Day at half an Hour after Eleven
o'clock. iggp Nothing of the above kind was in their former Sale,
nor will any Thing of the same Sort as in this be
sold from the Manufactory till after next year.
A large Parcel of Porcelain Hafts for Table and Dessert
Knives and Forks.
At the time of sale, the following addition was made
to the advertisement : —
Most of the above Things are in Lots suitable for
Jewellers, Goldsmiths, Toy-Shops, China-Shops, Cutlers,
and Workmen in those Branches of Business.
In the following year the second annual sale took
place ; the advertisement appeared in the Public Adver
tiser from Feb. 25 to March 27, 1755. No allusion is

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here made to the rich colours for which the Chelsea
fabric was celebrated, and which are especially men
tioned in the advertisements of subsequent years. As
far as the notice shows it would appear that the decora
tion at this time consisted principally of subjects painted
in enamel on a white ground.
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. FORD,
At his Great Room, the upper end of St. James' Hay-
market, on Monday ioth March and 15 following days.
The last Year's large and valuable Production of the
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory.
Consisting of elegant Epargnes and a most magnificent
and superbe Lustre, Services of round and oval Dishes,
Tureens and Plates, new and beautiful Groupes of Figures,
&c, compleat Tea Equipages, Services for Deserts, Sets of
Jars and Beakers, Basons with Covers and Plates, Ice-Pails,
Perfume-Pots, Bowls, Sauce-Boats, and great Variety of
other useful and ornamental Pieces, of new and curious
Designs, aijd all highly finished with Flowers, Landskips,
Figures, Birds, . Insects, India Plants, • &c. painted in
Enamel. The whole may be view'd on Thursday the Gth, and
every Day after (Sunday excepted) till the Time of Sale,
which will begin punctually each Day at 12 o'clock.
Catalogues will be delivered at Mr. Ford's on Tuesday the
4th at One Shilling each, which money will be allowed to
those that are Purchasers.
The allusion in the above advertisement to "a most
magnificent and superbe lustre" probably indicates about
the period when a similar object was made for the Duke
of Cumberland and mentioned by Mrs. Delany,* who
paid a visit to the Duke's Lodge at Windsor in June,
1757. At the Tower on Shrub Hill she found a closet
* Mrs. Delany's Life and Correspondence, vol. iii., 1st series, p.
462.

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decorated with gold and green, with shelves filled
with china, " in the middle hangs a lustre of Chelsea
china, that cost six hundred pounds, and is really
beautiful." In the spring of 1756 the third annual sale by
public auction was continued for sixteen days. A copy
of this Sale Catalogue has fortunately been preserved;
it is in the 'possession of Kaphael W. Bead, Esq., of
Salisbury, and has lately been most carefully reprinted
in fac-simile to the extent of 100 copies. From this
document it is easily seen what were the products of
the Chelsea factory at this particular period. The fine
Mazarine blue is here met with for the first time.
Nearly the whole of the pieces mentioned in the cata
logue seem to have been decorated, more or less
elaborately, in enamel on a white ground. Out of
more than sixteen hundred lots only about a dozen
are mentioned as being of the fine " mazareen" blue,
but these are nearly all pieces of importance and consist
of Jars, Beakers, and portions of a table service, some
enamelled in birds and flowers, others richly orna
mented with gold flowers and engraved. There are a
few pairs inserted of the fine Craw-fish Salts which
were first made at an early period of the manufactory ;
these are described as " Two beautiful Craw-fish salts."
There can be little doubt that at this time gilding
was used sparingly on the ordinary Chelsea products.
Mr. B. W. Bead, in his remarks attached to the reprint
of his catalogue of 1756, says " It is nearly certain
that the earlier Chelsea workmen bestowed very little
labour on gilding: the more richly gilt specimens,
and especially Statuettes, may with every confidence be

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assigned to the later period :" and again, " It may
also be fairly conjectured with reference to the gold
trade mark seen on Chelsea Porcelain, that it is more
indicative of a period than, as has been supposed by
some collectors, typical of quality : the anchor in red
being found for the most part on the earlier productions
of that Factory when it seems proven that fine colour-
painting in enamel, not profuse gilding, formed the
prevailing mode of ornamentation :— in other words,
that the trade mark affixed was made so as somewhat
to harmonise with the predominating style of the
vehicles employed in decorating the piece."
The announcement of the sale of 1756 is inserted in
the Public Advertiser from March 15th to April 15th : —
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. FORD,
At his Great Room, the Upper End of St. James's Hay-
market, on Monday next, and the fifteen following Days.
The last Year's large and valuable Production of the
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory ; consisting of magni
ficent Lustres and Epargnes, Services for Desarts, Sets of
Dishes and Plates, Tureens, and Sauce Boats, compleat
Tea and Coffee Equipages, Girandols, Candlesticks and
Branches, beautiful Groupes of Figures, Sets of Jars and
Beakers, and great Variety of other useful and ornamental
Porcelain, all exquisitely painted in Enamel, with Flowers,
Birds, Insects, India Plants &c.
The Whole will be exhibited to public View on Thursday
next and 'till the Time of Sale, which will begin each day at
Twelve. Catalogues will be delivered at Mr. Ford's on Wednesday
the 24th Price 6d. To be returned to those that are
Purchasers. There seems to have been a large demand, for Oriental
and other Porcelain about this time. The following

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advertisement appears in the Public Advertiser of March
22, 1756.
CHINA WARE &c at Mr. Foy's China Shop, opposite
the Kings Palace is now on sale, upwards of One Hundred
Thousand Pieces of China Ware, in fine compleat Tea and
Table sets ; the greatest variety of Old Japan and other
China Jars, Beakers, Row Waggons &c. &c. — Blue and
white China Plates at ns. per Dozen, quite sound; if
cracked 6s. per dozen. Some exceeding fine Dresden
China and Chelsea Porcelaine.
At this time they continued to make those charming
miniature smelling-bottles and etuis, frequently mounted
in gold and sometimes set with precious stones, which
have now become very scarce and fetch very large prices ;
none of these costly objects appear in the sale catalogue
of this year, indeed it is probable that many of the
finer productions of Chelsea did not find their way at
all into the auction room, but were purchased or ordered
from the warehouse or manufactory. It would seem
also that a good many of the best products of Chelsea
were exported, as appears from the following advertise
ment in the Public Advertiser of April 3, 1756, and
several times repeated : —
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. GELLEY,
At the Great House, in Geeat Marlborough-street.
The intire Stock of Messrs. Laumas and Rolyat, late of
Lisbon, Merchants, consisting of i hundred double dozen
of Chelsea China Knives and Forks Silver mounted, several
dozen of China Smelling-Bottles mounted in Gold and
ornamented with stones of several sorts, as Diamonds,
Rubies &c.
[Then follow other items of plate, precious stones,
and curiosities.]
gg- Mr. Gelley assures the Quality and Traders not a Lot
will be taken in.

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During the year 1757 there was no sale by Auction of
Chelsea Porcelain owing to the illness of Sprimont.
A paragraph inserted in the Public Advertiser on Feb.
15, and a few subsequent dates says : —
The public is hereby acquainted that the Chelsea Por-
celaine Manufactory has been very much retarded by the
Sickness of Mr. Sprimont : Nevertheless several curious
Things have been finished, which will be exposed to Sale at
the Warehouse in Piccadilly, some time the Beginning of
March, of which more particular Notice will be given.
The London warehouse of the manufactory had now
' been removed from Pall Mall to Piccadilly. On April
2nd, an advertisement in the same newspaper says : —
The Public is hereby acquainted that the Chelsea Porce-
laine Manufactory has been very much retarded by the
Sickness of Mr. Sprimont ; Nevertheless several curious
Things have been finished, and are now exposed to Sale at
the Warehouse in Piccadilly, with the lowest Price, for
ready Money, fixed in each Particular, all warranted true
Enamel. This must have been a time of China fever. Besides
his ill state of health Sprimont might have been indis
posed to add another to the large public sales announced
this spring by the other English porcelain manufac
turers. Following the example set by the Chelsea
proprietors, three years before, they all with one accord
had their first sales by public auction during the early
part of 1757. The art of puffing and the various dodges
of the sale room seem to have been perfectly well un
derstood at this time. The auctioneers constantly
insist on the fairness of the proceedings, and the objects
themselves are emphatically described as being " war
ranted true enamel,"

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From some cause or other there seems to have been a
lull in the Chelsea works during 1758, at least there is
no announcement of a sale by public auction or indeed
any allusion to the manufactory in the newspapers.
At this time the present Cheyney-walk at Chelsea
seems to have been known as China-walk. In the
London Chronicle of April 22, 1758, is the following
advertisement : —
In China Walk, Chelsea. To be let, a House &c, facing
the river with a fine prospect. Enquire of Mr. Jousselin
in China-walk aforesaid.
Sir Everard Faulkner died at Bath in November of
this year. His collection of Chelsea porcelain was sold
early in the following year. I have not met with any
regular announcement of the sale, but the subjoined
paragraph appears in the Public Advertiser for February
19, 1759 : it unfortunately only relates to articles
included in the last day's sale : —
Mr. FORD begs Leave to acquaint the Nobility, &c. that
in this last Day's Sale, at his great Room in the Haymarket
of the late Sir Everard Fawkener's Chelsea Porcelain, will
be sold the beautiful Table Set of Dishes and Plates, elegant
Epargne, rich blue and gold Perfume Vases, Desart Plates,
and Jewel Cabinet with Gold Toilet Furniture ; the Tea
and Coffee Equipage exquisitely painted in green Land
scapes, together with several other of the most admired
Productions of that Manufactory : Likewise Sir Everard's
rich sideboard of wrought and other Plate.
In March, 1759, a dealer announces that he is "now
selling off his stock at the China shop at the corner of
the upper Terras, St. James' St. ; was a great Buyer in
the late Sir Everard Falkner's Sale, &e."
At this time the sales by auction of the Chelsea
Porcelain were resumed. The following advertisement

appears in the Public Advertiser from March 19th to
April 12th, 1759, and marks the introduction of the
Pea-green colour. To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL,
At his Great Auction-Room in Charles-street, Berkly-square,
by Order of Mr. Sprimont, the Proprietor of the Chelsea
Porcelain Manufactory ;
. All the valuable and very curious last new Production of
his beautiful Chelsea Porcelain ; consisting of some match
less blue and gold Vauses, Perfume Pots, large Cabinet two-
handled Cups and Covers, some Potpourit and other Pieces
of the Pea Green and Gold, never before exhibited ; some
beautiful large Groups, and single Figures for Brackets, with
many other Articles for Table, Tea, and Coffee Services :
The Whole most delicately enamel'd in Figures, Birds,
Flowers, &c.
N.B. Not one Article will be in this Sale, but what is
entirely perfect, and many of these Pieces are very much
superior in Magnificence to any Porcelain whatever.
To be viewed at the Time of Sale, which will begin
exactly at Twelve o'Clock.
Catalogues to be had gratis in a few Days at George's
Coffee House the upper end of the Haymarket; at Clifford's
Inn Coffee-House, Fleet-street ; and at the Place of Sale.
Mr. Hughes, an ironmonger in Pall Mall, who seems
to have dealt extensively in Chelsea Porcelain, announces
his retirement at this time, and in a paragraph in the
Public Advertiser for April 26, says —
To be sold very reasonable, at Mr. Hughes's in Pali-
Mall, several Lots bought at the last Sale of the Chelsea
Porcelain, viz. a blue and gold Row Waggon, two ditto fine
large Cawdle Cups, with gold Birds raise'd, a Pair of heart
shaped Perfume Pots, four rich blue and gold Plates for a
Desert, &c. &c.
Another advertisement in the Public Advertiser of
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have been considerable. The large and important
pieces in the form of Boars' Heads, Swans, Game, Fish,
&c, are found frequently mentioned in Mr. Bead's
Catalogue of 1756. They were also made on a smaller
scale at Meissen, and several examples are preserved in
the Johanneum Museum at Dresden. The announce
ment states that
Mr. WILLIAM KNIGHT intends to Sell by Auction
the collections of Mr. Robert Millwood, designed for ex
portation, but sold on retirement from business. It includes
" His curious Chelsea Tureens in the shape of Hen and
Chickens, Swans, Rabbets, Carp, and oblong oval and
fluted ditto, enamel'd in Birds, Insects, Fables, Flowers,
and India Plants ; likewise his Girandoles, Clock and Watch
Cases, with large Dresden groups, with all his Candlesticks,
Bow-pots and Aprons (sic) beautifully ornamented with
Chelsea Flowers and Figures, — with several matchless
Knives and Forks of the Chelsea China."
The usual sale by auction took place again in the
spring of 1760. The sale was first announced in the
Public Advertiser on April 8th. It lasted from April
28th to May 2nd, and is especially interesting as it
shews the date of some new colours just discovered by
Mr. Sprimont. The Mazarine blue and Pea-green were
already known. This no doubt marks the period of the
introduction of the fine Claret or Pompadour colour for
which Chelsea was so celebrated, it perhaps included
the Turquoise blue, as neither this colour nor the
crimson have been mentioned in any previous notice.
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL,
At his Great Auction Room in Charles-street Berkely-
square, on Monday the 28th inst., and the following days.
The last Years Production of the most curious and
matchless Chelsea Porcelain ; consisting of Table and Tea

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Services, Variety of Baskets, Leaves, Compotiers, Sweet
meat Vases for Deserts, and some small Figures for ditto,
some large Brackets and Groups of Figures, Table Clocks,
Essence Vases, Urns, Jars, and Beakers, Ewer and Dish,
two-handle Cups, with Covers, &c. of the inimitable
Mazarine Blue, Pea-Green, and Gold, finely painted, with
History Pieces, Birds, Festoons, and Groups of natural
Flowers, and many other Articles in the useful and orna
mental Way. There will be likewise in this national Sale,
for the Approbation of the Connoisseur, a few Pieces of
some new Colours which have been found this year by Mr.
Sprimont, the Proprietor, at a very large Expence, incre
dible Labour, and close Application, all highly finished, and
heightened with the Gold peculiar to that fine and dis-
tinguish'd Manufactory, which makes this Porcelain the
most beautiful and magnificent ever seen, and cannot be
made at any Foreign Manufactory.
The sales of Chelsea Porcelain by London dealers
seem to have been considerable at this time.
A paragraph in the Public Advertiser of May 24th,
1760, announces : —
A very curious Collection of the Chelsea Porcelaine, of
the Mazarine, Pea-green, and Gold, both useful and orna
mental. To be sold at the Golden-Anchor on the Tearas,
in St. James's Street.
Another paragraph in the same paper of Nov. 6th,
ys:—

The Old Chelsea China Warehouse, opposite the Black
Bear, in Piccadilly, is opened with Seventy-three different
Deserts with Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate Equipages, Caudle-
cups, Clock and Watch-cases, Eperne-Figures, and Flower
pots, and the greatest Variety of French Candlesticks, in
the highest Taste; where every Thing can be matched
that was ever made at Chelsea. The same Allowance to
Merchants and Dealers, as usual.
This announcement, however, called forth the fol-

lowing notice from Sprimont in his next advertise
ment : —
N.B. Mr. Sprimont takes this Opportunity to assure the
Nobility, Gentry, and others, that he has no Concern what
ever with that China House in Piccadilly opposite the
Black Bear, call'd in the News Paper the Old Chelsea
China Warehouse.
In the spring of 1761 the usual announcement was
made of the sale by auction in the following terms. It
appeared in the Public Advertiser, and was frequently
repeated. It seems to have included many costly and
beautiful objects : —
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL,
At his Auction-room in Charles-street, Berkley-square on
Thursday the 30th of April and the five following Days,
The last Year's Produce of the valuable Chelsea Porce-
laine Manufactory, consisting of the greatest Variety of
Table and Desert Services, Tea and Coffee Equipages,
large Urns, Vases, Perfume Pots, Porringers, Cabinet Cups,
Caudle Cups, Basons, a Toilet with a Looking-Glass, and
some Boxes for Ladies Dressing Tables, &c. of the rare
and inimitable Mazarine blue and gold, and other very rich
Colours of exquisite Beauty and Magnificence. There will
be likewise some fine large Groups and single Figures,
Candlesticks, Baskets, Leaves, Compotiers, Sweetmeat
Basons for Deserts, and many other curious Articles
which will be mentioned in the Catalogue.
The Proprietor N. Sprimont, after many Years intense
Application, has brought this Manufactory to its present
Perfection ; but as his Indisposition will not permit him to '
carry it on much longer, he takes the Liberty to assure the
Nobility, Gentry, and others, that next Year will be the last
Sale he will offer to the Public. Catalogues to be had, &c.
In the Public Advertiser for 1762 I find no advertise
ment or notice of any Porcelain Sale whatever of any
English factory.

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Early in January, 1763, Sprimont announced his
forthcoming Sale as the last in the following terms : —
Chelsea, January 7, 1763.
N. SPRIMONT, Proprietor of the Chelsea Porcelaine
Manufactory, takes the Liberty to give this public Notice,
that he proposes to have a Sale some time in March next, at
Mr. Burnsail's, in Charles-street, Berkley Square, of all the
two last Years Produce of his Porcelaine Manufactory;
and he takes this Opportunity of assuring the Nobility,
Gentry, and others, that it will positively be his last Sale,
being unfortunately obliged, on account of his lameness, to
decline carrying on the same. In a short Time after he
will ' likewise dispose, at his Manufactory at Chelsea, of
everything in general belonging to it, viz., all the unfinished
Porcelain and Materials ; his valuable and great Variety of
Models ; all the Moulds, Mills, Kilns, Presses, &c. together
with all the Outbuildings ; and as he will retire farther into
the Country, all his Household Furniture will be Sold at
the same Time. — N.B. The necessary Particulars will be
given in this and other Papers.
The notice of the sale itself, with the announcement
that the whole plant of the Manufactory, unfinished
pieces of Porcelain, &c, are to be disposed of, was
continued during the month of March, and is as fol
lows : — To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL
At his Auction Rooms in Charles-street, Berkley-square,
Thursday, March 1 7, and the ten following Days, Sundays
excepted. The two last Years Produce of the most valuable Chelsea
Porcelain Manufactory; consisting of magnificent and
great Variety of compleat Table and Dessert Services,
Tea and Coffee Equipages, large and small Antique Urns,
ditto Vases, Perfume Pots on Pedesfals, some other ditto,
compleat Poringers, large Cabinet Cups, a Lady's Toilet
with a Looking Glass and Gold Instruments, various Shapes
of Boxes, and Essence Bottles for ditto, of the most rare
and truly inimitable Mazarine Blue and Gold, Crimson and

Gold, and some Pieces of very curious Paintings in Figures,
Birds, and Flowers, upon the rich Gold Ground, and other
Colours of exquisite Beauty.
There will be likewise a large Variety of handsome
Candlesticks, large Groups of Figures, and single ditto of all
Sizes for Deserts, some Baskets, Leaves, Compotiers round
and oval, and many other curious Articles in the orna
mental and useful Way, as will be mentioned in the Cata
logue, which will be ready in due Time, to be delivered at
One Shilling each, and the Money to be allowed to the
Purchasers. To be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday the 15th and
1 6th. N.B. —The Proprietor N. Sprimont, takes this opportunity
of assuring the Nobility, Gentry, and others, that this will
positively be his last Sale ; being unfortunately obliged oh
account of his Lameness to decline carrying on the same in
a short Time after. He likewise will dispose of at his
Manufactory at Chelsea, every Thing in general belonging
to it, with all the Variety of unfinished Porcelaine, and all
Materials, his valuable and extensive Variety of fine Models,
all the Moulds, Mills, Kilns, Presses, &c, together with
all the Outbuildings ; and as he will retire farther into the
Country, all his Household Furniture will be sold at the
same Time.
Towards the end of the sale it is notified —
Mr. Burnsall takes the Liberty to acquaint the Nobility,
Gentry, and others, that in this, and the two remaining
Days of the last Sale of the most beautiful and truly
inimitable Chelsea Porcelaine ; the grandest and capital
Pieces, of the Magnifique Blue and Gold, Crimson and
Gold, &c. &c. will be Sold by Auction at his Room in
Charles-street Berkley Square.
In January of this year Williams, a dealer, in Pall
Mall, facing his Majesty's Pala.ce, advertises " Beautiful
Ornamentals in rich Mazarene Blue and Gold Jars and
Beakers, Bow Waggons, &c, some Figures, Desert
Plates of the fine Chelsea, and old Japan Baskets,
Leaves, Compotiers, Melons, Boses, Peaches, Apples,
&c."

The following appears in the Gazetteer and London
Daily Advertiser of Dec. 24, 1763 : —
A few days since his Royal Highness the Duke of Cum"
berland was at Mr. Sprimont's Porcelain Manufactory at
Chelsea ; and we are informed his Royal Highness will
shortly purchase the same, that so matchless an art should
not be lost
This statement however is contradicted immediately
after as will be seen by the note at the foot of the fol
lowing paragraph in the Public Advertiser of Jan. 2nd,
1764 :—
Mr. BURNSALL, Auctioneer, in Charles-street, Berkly-
square, takes the Liberty to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry,
and others, that some time in March next will be Sold by
him, by Auction, at Chelsea, every Thing in general belong
ing to the Porcelaine Manufactory, and all the remaining
unfinished Pieces, glaz'd and unglaz'd ; some imperfect
enameled ditto, of the useful and ornamental; all the
Materials, the valuable and extensive Variety of fine Models
in Wax, in Brass, and in Lead ; all the Plaister Moulds,- and
others, ditto ; the Mills, Kilns, and Iron Presses, together
with all the Fixtures of the different Warehouses, likewise
all the Out-Buildings, &c. &c. And as Mr. Sprimont, the
sole possessor of this rare Porcelaine Secret, is advised to go
to the German Spaw, all his genuine Houshold Furniture,
&c. will be sold at the same Time. — N.B. Soon after, when
every Thing is sold belonging to the Manufactory, &c. and
the large Warehouse clear'd, there will be some most beau
tiful Pieces of the truly inimitable Mazarine Blue, Crimson,
and Gold, that Mr. Sprimont has thought deserving finishing ;
that will be sold at Chelsea, as a Whole remaining, and the
last Produce of that once most magnificent Porcelaine Manu
factory — Further Particulars will be given in this and other
public papers. — N.B. The Paragraph in the Gazetteer of
Saturday, Dec. 24, 1763, that his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cumberland had been lately at the manufactory, in order
to purchase the Secret is without Foundation.
In the Public Advertiser for Feb. 3rd, 1764, a por
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the sale to take place on the premises some time in
March, but this is not repeated, nor does there seem to
be anything further on the subject in the Papers at that
time. Although there was no further trade sale of the
Chelsea products in 1764, there are several advertise
ments which prove how magnificent were the objects
then made.
On July 21, 1764, Mr. Burnsall advertises, amongst
other things,
" A Most grand and capital Lot of the Mazarine Blue
and Gold, of the Chelsea Porcelain, containing a Dressing
Glass and three Drawers, neatly mounted in Gold, with
different Gold Instruments, and Twelve Toilet Boxes to
ditto, all of the rich Mazarine Blue and Gold ; likewise
some other Pieces of that fine Porcelain in Vases, Por
ringers, Covers and Plates of Blue and Gold, and Crimson
and Gold."
During the month of March in the same year Mr.
Christie advertises for Sale by Auction at the Large
Exhibition Boom in Spring Gardens, a large quantity
of Oriental services lately brought home, and then goes
on to say,
" There is likewise in this Sale several Articles of the
curious inimitable Crimson and Mazarine Blue and Gold
Chelsea Porcelain, consisting of a magnificent and extensive.
' Table or Desert Service of the rare and curious Mazareen
Blue and Gold, the same as the Royal Pattern which was
sold for 1 150 Pounds. This service is declared to be the
last that will be made of that Pattern. Also large and
small Perfume Vauzes, Girandoles, Candlesticks^ Figures of
several Sorts and Dimensions, Dessert Plates, Leaves,
Baskets, Compotiers round and oval ; all warranted truly
enameled and of exquisite Beauty."
The above magnificent Service appears to be similar
to the one seen by Horace Walpole in the previous year,

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and presented by the King and Queen to the Duke of
Mecklenburg. It was bought by Williams, the dealer,
who inserts the following advertisement on March 26,
1764 :—
Exhibition Room, Spring-Gardens, Charing Cross. That
magnificent and extensive Chelsea Table and Desert Service
of the rare and curious Mazarine Blue and Gold, the same
as the Royal Pattern which sold for £1150 may be seen
at the said Room from Eleven till Four o'Clock. Tomorrow
it will be sent home to Mr. Williams, who is the Purchaser,
at the China Shop the Corner of St. James's Street.— Mr.
Williams is willing to oblige the Curious with a Sight of it
gratis, before it is sent abroad, as they may never have an
opportunity of seeing the like again.
The year 1765 is quite a blank as far as notice
appears of any kind of English Porcelain.
In 1766 the regular Chelsea 1 sales by auction no
longer take place, but there are occasional announce
ments of Collections on sale. In the Public Advertiser
of July 15, 1766, an announcement is made of a large
Collection of Porcelain open at the great Exhibition
Boom, Spring Gardens, amongst other things : —
The .greatest variety of. fine Chelsea in Services of
Deserts, from 17 to 150^ per Set. In this room is exhibited
the greatest Choice of all the Porcelain Manufactories made
in England, distinguishing the particular Merits and Good
ness of each of the said Manufactories, both for Use and
Ornament. There seem to have been no public sales by auction
of English Porcelain in 1767, but towards the end of
the year (Public Advertiser, Dec. 5) a large collection
was offered at the Exhibition Boom, Spring Gardens.
" The Proprietor, who is the greatest Encourager of the
English Manufactures, has got a very large Quantity
just unpacked of the finest of the Chelsea, Worcester,
d

and Derby, of all Sorts, marked and sold by Order of
the Proprietors, as cheap as if bought at the Manu
factory's own Warehouses."
Early in March 1768 it is notified that —
A sale will take place in the Exhibition Room in Spring-
gardens of all the curious and valuable Production of the
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory that is' removed into the
same Room ; also all the Worcester China removed into
the said Room from their Warehouse in Aldersgate street,
&c. &c. This is the annual sale to clear the Room for the
Exhibition of Pictures.
This announcement called forth the following on
March 4, 1768 :—
Whereas it is fictitiously advertised, that all the Chelsea
Porcelain is to be sold now at Spring Gardens by Auction ;
Jones, on the Terras in St. James's-street begs Leave to
acquaint the Public, that he has a large and curious Col
lection even still brought from that noble Manufactory.
To which the Proprietor of the Exhibition Boom
retorts : —
This is no fictitious Advertisement, as a certain Person,
ignorant of the Meaning of Letters would insinuate, to sell
off his old Shop-keepers. This Sale consists of the last
Production of the said Porcelain, being all the finest
Mazareen and Pompadour Sets for Deserts, and Curious
Ornaments, &c.
From this time it is evident that the Manufactory no
longer produced Porcelain in any quantity, but that
some things continued to be made there down to March
1768, seems to have been the case, as Jones the dealer
announces at that time porcelain as "even still brought
from that noble Manufactory."
In the Public Advertiser of April 19, 1769, Mr.
Burnsall, in a sale of objects of virtu, adds, " Like-

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wise a very grand Dessert Service of the rich Mazarine
Blue and Gold Chelsea Porcelaine, being the only one
in the World that is known to be sold." In the same
paper of May 4th is this paragraph : —
As the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory is declined, and
the Porcelain become scarce, Jones, on the Terras in St.
James' Street, who was always the chief Disposer of the
same, is selling off his curious Collection [going into another
Branch], in which is a most superb Vase, the biggest they
ever made, fit to crown a Cabinet Collection of any
Virtuoso. In the Public Advertiser of May, 1769, Sprimont
announces another sale of Chelsea Porcelain, probably
the remaining portion of the regular stock, and makes
a further effort to dispose of the models, moulds, kilns,
&c, which had been advertised for sale three years
before. To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL,
At his Auction room in Charles-street, Berkely-square, on
Wednesday the 17th May, and the following days, by order
of Mr. Nicholas Sprimont, the Proprietor of the Chelsea
Porcelain Manufactory, he having entirely left off making
the same,
All the curious and truly matchless pieces of that valuable
manufactory; consisting of beautiful vases, antique urns,
perfume pots, table and dessert services, tea and coffee
equipages, compotiers, leaves, &c, beautiful candlesticks of
different shapes ; variety of figures, very large and curious
groups, particularly two groups of the Roman Charity,
toilet boxes of various forms and sizes and many other
articles, most highly finished in the mazarine blue, crimson,
pea-green and gold, finely painted in figures, birds, fruit,
and flowers, enriched with gold and curiously chased.
To be viewed on Monday the 15th, and till the sale.
N.B. — Likewise will be sold all the fine models, mills,
kilns, presses, buildings,, and all other articles belonging to
this most distinguished manufactory. For further particulars
apply to the said Mr. Burnsall.

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In the autumn of 1769 Sprimont's connection with
the Chelsea works ceased ; early in the following year
they passed into the hands of Duesbury. Mr. Jewitt*
mentions the 5th February, 1770, as the date of the
completion of the transfer. A sale of Sprimont's stock
was hurriedly announced on the 13th February, only
one day's notice having been previously given of the
same ; in all the earlier instances a considerable time
elapsed between the first announcement and the actual
sale. This was the first sale of Chelsea Porcelain held
by Mr. Christie as it was the last of the old Chelsea
fabric. The Catalogue , will be found reprinted in full
on the first page of the Appendix, together with the
price which each lot fetched.
The following advertisement of this sale appears in
the Public Advertiser of February 13th, 1770, and two
subsequent days : —
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. CHRISTIE,
At his Great Room, in Pall Mall,
By order of Mr. Nicholas Sprimont,
To-morrow, and the three following Days,
All the remaining Stock of the curious and truly matchless
Pieces of the Chelsea Porcelain, being positively the
last Sale of the Produce of that distinguished Manufac
tory (the apparatus of which being sold to Mr. Duesbury,
of Derby), consisting of beautiful Vases, antique Ums, Per
fume Pots, Table and Dessert Services, Tea and Coffee
Equipages, Compotiers, Leaves and Candlesticks, with
exquisite devices, and different Shapes, Variety of Figures,
very large and curious Groups (particularly two of the
Roman Charity) beautiful Toilet Boxes of various Shapes
* The Ceramic Art of Great Britain, by Llewellvnn Jewitt.
F.S.A. 2 vols., 1878. ¦

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and Sizes, and other Articles, many of them in the Mazarine
Blue, Crimson, Peagreen, and Gold, and painted with
Figures, Birds, Fruits and Flowers, &c.
To be viewed to the Time of Sale, which will begin at
Twelve. Catalogues may be then had at the Bank Coffee
house, and at Mr. Christie's in Pall Mall.
There are frequent allusions about this time to the
necessity of clearing the Auction Sale Booms for the
purpose of Exhibitions of Pictures during the season.
The Public Advertiser for May 3, 1770, announces
three — The Boyal Academy had its Exhibition in Pall
Mall ; the Boyal Incorporated Society of Artists at the
Rooms in Spring Gardens, Charing Cross ; the Society
of Artists in Mr. Christie's Great Boom, next Cumber
land House, Pall Mall.
In the Spring of the subsequent year Duesbury, fol
lowing the precedent of Sprimont, announces the first
sale of the Chelsea and Derby Manufactories. This
catalogue has also been reprinted in full and will be
found on page 15 of the Appendix. It may be here re
marked that the prices attached to many of the more
important lots in this sale are very much higher than
those found in other instances at this time or for
similar objects afterwards sold in Duesbury's own sales.
The preliminary announcements of the sale are found in
the Public Advertiser. To be Sold by Auction
By MR. CHRISTIE,
At his Great Room in Pall Mall on Wednesday the 17th of
April 1 771 and Three following Days, by order of Messrs.
Duesbury and Co.
The last Years Produce (being their first public Sale) of
the Chelsea and Derby Porcelaine Manufactory ; con
sisting of a Variety of elegant and superb antique Shape

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Vasses, Urns, Essence Pots, &c. richly embellished ; several
Groups and single Figures, both glazed and in the Biscuit,
finely modell'd, and in the most pleasing Attitudes ; beautiful
and compleat Desert Services, Tea and Coffee Equipages,
Desunas, (sic) Caudle Basons, Cabinet Cups, Tea-pots, and
various other useful and ornamental Articles, many of which
are of the much-admired Mazarine, Blue and Gold, Pea-
green, Crimson and Blue Celeste. The Shapes, Decora
tions, Paintings and Enrichments resplendant with Beauty,
Elegance and Taste.
(To be viewed, Catalogues had, &c.)
Mr. Jewitt states that " Sprimont's managing man
was Francis Thomas ; that he died about the time of
the transfer of the works from Sprimont to Duesbury,
and that after his death a lawsuit was' commenced
against Burnsall a dealer to recover a quantity of goods
said to have been unlawfully sold to him by Thomas,
but which in reality belonged to Duesbury as part of
the purchase." During the progress of the suit which
lasted some two years, Burnsall attempted to sell these
disputed articles as appears by the following advertise
ment which was printed a few times in the Public
Advertiser of April 1771 — but as no further notice of
the sale is given it is probable that it did not take
place. To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BURNSALL.
At his Auction Room in Charles-street Berkley square, in a
short time.
The elegant and capital Assortment of Chelsea Porcelaine,
late the property of Mr. Francis Thomas, deceased, Manager
of the said Chelsea Manufactory for many Years, and a
large Dealer in the same on his own Account. The above
Porcelaine was made when the ingenious Mr. Sprimont
was the Proprietor, or the Director thereof; and the Whole
under his Inspection when its Beauty and Elegance was
exhibited at Burnsall's Room for many Sales, and that with

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the greatest Approbation and Applause by the Nobility and
Public in general.
In the above sale there will be some of the grandest
Vases, Tea-setts, Plates, Figures, and other Articles in Blue
and Gold, Crimson and Gold, and Gold Ground extremely
fine, &c. of which "further particulars will be given.
The last notice I have extracted of anything con
nected with the Chelsea works is the following flowery
advertisement which appeared many times in the
spring of 1772 in the Public Advertiser, but the sale
does not seem to have been held ; at least there is no
subsequent notice of any time fixed for it, nor is the
Catalogue to be found at Messrs. Christie's.
To be Sold by Auction,
By MR. CHRISTIE,
At his Great Room, late the Royal Academy, in Pall Mall
in a Short Time,
The last Year's Produce of the Derby and Chelsea Por
celaine Manufactory. A Display of Elegance and Taste
reigns almost uninterrupted through the Articles that com
prize this Sale. The Ornaments are a continued Variety of
antique, select and peculiar Form's and Shapes, aetherial
Colours and elaborate Decorations, that alternately rise
with increasing Beauty, and which distinguish Genius
(British) not less conspicuous or meritorious than the Saxon
or Gallic. Human Actions lively and naturally represented
in many expressive and agreeable Characters ; the Figures
graceful, the Attitudes just, the Drapery loose and flowing,
and finished with a nicety incredible ; nor does the Table
want its Requisites and Embellishments in all its various
Occasions ; the several Apparatus are contrived and
adapted with much Skill, and painted and adorned+with a
luxuriant Fancy. Emulous to excell and happy to please,
no Labour, no Expence have been spared ; a chearful and
vigorous Perseverance in the arduous Task, has, it is
humbly presumed, brought this Porcelaine to a Degree of
Perfection that merits public Attention.

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These sales of Duesbury's were resumed in 1773 ;
there was then an interval of tiasee years, after which
they were continued annually until 1785. They were
announced indifferently as Derby and Chelsea and
sometimes as Chelsea alone.
In reprinting the long series of Chelsea and Derby
Catalogues after Sprimont's retirement, found in the
Appendix, when they are not given in full, I have been
careful to include all the varieties made, the names of
the figure groups, also the subjects of the paintings,
omitting only the numerous repetitions and the large
number of smaller objects of little interest. The title
pages have in all cases been re-printed entire.
These descriptions are the more necessary, as they
enable one, to some extent, to see what was Dues
bury's work as distinct from that of Sprimont ; for the
anchor alone — the old Chelsea mark — continued to be
used in many instances by Duesbury. In cases where
the old Chelsea moulds were made use of it is more
difficult to tell the actual parentage of the piece.
There seems to be no doubt that the numerous
existing specimens of Vases, Urns of classical shape,
and smaller objects decorated with a ground of gold
stripes and subjects in medallions, were Duesbury's,
the gold anchor notwithstanding. Some of his large
and richly decorated pieces found in the Catalogues,
where they can be identified, differ materially from
Sprimont's: they suffer from an excess of decoration,
notably so in the gilding, and are not to be confounded
with the old Chelsea pure and simple.
It is much to be regretted that no National Collection
of Chelsea Porcelain of any importance exists by which

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an adequate idea could be formed of the magnificent
objects made there during its palmy days, as well aB of
the equally interesting plainer specimens of the earlier
period. The very poor examples found in foreign
Ceramic collections, such as those of Sevres and
Dresden, give no notion of what fine Chelsea really is.
It musb be remembered that Sprimont, like all other
English beginners, necessarily made a large quantity of
ordinary ware for ordinary use, to render the concern
remunerative. The more elaborate and costly examples
pf English Ceramic art had to make their way on their
own merits, as no Boyal or Government pecuniary
grant was accorded to the British factories to foster the
higher branches of the art as was done in all the Con
tinental establishments at that time.
On the announcement of the Chelsea sale of May,
1769, we learn from Miss Meteyard's Life of Wedgwood
that he proposed buying a portion at least of the moulds,
models, &c, speaking of which he says " There's an
immense amount of fine things." Precisely at the
time that Sprimont had finally disposed of the Chelsea
concern, Wedgwood and Bentley had taken a house at
Chelsea where Bentley continued to reside and where
the painting and enamelling of their pottery could be
carried on more conveniently than at Etruria.
Sprimont seems to have contemplated, if not to have
actually entered into, some sort of business connection
with Boulton at Soho the exact nature of which is
unknown, but probably related to the mounting of
porcelain vases with or-molu.
Wedgwood writing to Bentley in September 1769
says " I have no fear at all, even from the combination

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of Chelsea and Soho, if" that should ever happen."
Sprimont apparently had an interview with Bentley,
as Wedgwood alluding to it says " I should like to have
seen Mr. Sprimont : pray what did he say, how did he
look, was Cox with him, or has been at the rooms ? I
do not think their imitating us improbable at all, at
least so as to make vases a principal article at their
works."* Before the great Soho works, near Birmingham, be
came so celebrated for the production of steam engines,
&c, by Boulton and Watt, an interesting art manufac
ture of ornamental metal work in the style of French or
molu was carried on by Messrs. Boulton and Fothergill.
In this manufactory Wedgwood was a good deal con
cerned, one of the objects being to produce Vases, &c,
of pottery for the purpose of their being mounted in
or-molu. Some idea of the importance of this manu-
* After Bentley 's death, which took place in 1780, the whole of
the ornamental part of their stock was sold by auction by Messrs.
Christie and Ansell. Bentley's share in the partnership was con
fined to the more artistic objects. The' very interesting and rare
priced Catalogue of this Sale is headed thus : —
A CATALOGUE OF
Cameos, Intaglios, Bas-reliefs, Medallions, Busts, Vases, Statues,
Animals, Candelabra, Bouquetiers, Ecritoires &c. &c.
Late WEDGWOOD and BENTLEY'S
Now the joint property of Mr. Wedgwood and Mrs. Bentley (Widow of
the late Mr. Bentley) which will be Sold by Auction by Messieurs
CHRISTIE and ANSELL at their Great Room (late Royal Academy)
No. 125, Pall Mall on Monday Dec. 3 1781 and eleven following
Days. Catalogues may be had gratis, at Messrs. Wedgwood and
Bentley's Rooms, Greek-street, Soho, &c. &c.
This Catalogue extends to 77 pages. The description of the lots
is very elaborate, and preceded by a short introduction by Mr.
Wedgwood with other illustrative notes in the body of the
catalogue. The total gross proceeds of the Sale amounted to
£2186.

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factory can be gathered from the particulars of a Sale
in April, 1771, by Mr. Christie :—
A Catalogue of the Superb and Elegant Produce of
Messrs. Boulton and Fothergill's OR-MOLU Manufactory
at Soho in Staffordshire.
It is explained in an introductory Preface that it had
lately been extended and improved " by which not only
large sums may be prevented from being sent abroad
for the purchase of a foreign commodity, but a con
siderable branch of commerce established."
Horace Walpole, in a letter to Mann in 1770 alludes
to this junction of the arts of Etruria and Soho. After
describing what he calls "rages" for extravagance he
goes on to say — " Then we have Etruscan vases, made
of earthenware, from two to five guineas, and ormoulu,
never made here before, which succeeds so well, that a
teakettle,, which the inventor offered for one hundred
guineas, sold by auction for one hundred and thirty."
Wedgwood, in a letter to Bentley in 1768, says —
" Mr. Boulton tells me I should be surprised to know
what a trade has lately been made out of Vases at Paris.
The artists have even come over to London, picked up
all the old whimsical ugly things they could meet with,
carried them to Paris, where they have mounted and
ornamented them with metal, and sold them to the
virtuosi of every nation, and particularly to Millords
d'Anglaise, for the greatest rarities, and if you re
member we saw many such things at Lord Boling-
broke's which he brought over with him from France.
Of this sort I have seen two or three old China bowles,
from want of better things, stuct rim to rim, which
have had no bad effect, but looked whimsical and droll
enough."

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Whatever these business relations might have been
between Sprimont and Boulton, which aroused the
jealousy of Wedgwood, the state of Sprimont's health
could not have allowed active co-operation in any new
scheme. He only lived till 1771. The artistic tastes
of Sprimont are shewn in his gallery of pictures which
was sold by Mr. Christie in the spring of this year.
CATALOGUE of the Genuine and Entire Collection of
Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch Pictures of MR.
NICHOLAS SPRIMONT, (Late Proprietor of the Chelsea
Porcelaine Manufactory). Brought from his Houses at
Richmond and Chelsea.
On Tuesday and Wednesday 26th and 27th March 1771.
These Pictures are in good Preservation, and have been
purchased for Him Abroad, by some of the best Con
noisseurs ; &c. &c.
The collection seems to have contained a good many
fine pictures, principally of the Dutch, and Italian
eclectic schools. The prices are absurdly low according
to our present standard, but they are not bad compared
with other collections sold about the same time.*
The following list of objects made at Chelsea and
* The small prices for which fine and rare works of art were
then sold can be seen from the folllowing, evidently choice examples
of Limoges Enamels, in a sale by Messes. Christie and
Ansbll in 1778.
A fine old enamelled ewer beautifully painted by Julio Romano, the
battle of the savages 2/. 2s. , Nixon
Two large round enamellings, the battle of the Centaurs, and Her
cules, and a miniature very fine by Julio Romano, in gilt frame
2/. 19^., Nixon
A fine large oval enamelled dish, sacred history of Abraham, with a
number of figures highly executed on both sides, by Julio Romano
4I.
A fine old enamelled salver, the inside beautifully painted with Cupids
and festoons, the outside Joseph and his brethren, Julio Romano,
richly mounted in or-molu 1/. 17.L,
A pair of very large bronzes, of Mars and Venus, on festooned bronze
pedestals Bought by Flaxman for 3/. ox

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sold at different times contains some examples not met
with in any of the catalogues.
From the Sale catalogue of a Gentleman's effects
sold by Mr. Christie, Dec, 1766.
Twelve crimson and gold Chelsea plates enamel'd in birds
5?., Turner
An enamel'd tureen cover and dish the shape of a rabbitt*
Chelsea porcelain 2I. 10s.
A pair Chelsea candlesticks, mazarine blue and gold 4.I. 10s.
A pair grand Chelsea candlesticks with tyger and buck
hunting 61. 10s.
A beautiful Chelsea heart-shaped toilet box with four inside
ditto, of the Mazareen blue and gold, and enamelled in
fruit, and two green landscape patch boxes ditto 4/. 4s.
A fine enamel'd figure of ^Esop, Chelsea porcelain 1 1. 5s.
Four Chelsea patch boxes neatly mounted 1 1. 7s. ,
Two most beautiful Chelsea figures of the Muses on pedes
tals, finely engraved 2I. 19s.
Six remarkably fine Chelsea chocolate cups and saucers,
finely painted in gold landscapes and gold denteel
edges 2I. 2s.
Two fine blue Chelsea square jarrs, enamell'd in gold 61
A fine mazarine blue and gold Chelsea bottle 10I.
Six fine Chelsea yellow ground coffee cups and saucers
finely painted in Cupids and flowers
In 1767 a large portion of the stock in trade of Mr.
Thos. Turner, Chinaman, was sold by Mr. Christie.
The following specimens of Chelsea are found amongst
others : —
Four white Chelsea groups of the 4 quarters ofthe world ii.
* Several of these important and life-sized pieces for table deco
ration and shaped as tureens, from the collection of the Earl of
Lonsdale, were sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods in
the spring of 1879 : — Dish and Coveb of Hen and Chickens
on large oval stand, with sun-flowers and foliage in relief, £33 12s. .
Ditto Soar's Head with stand painted with flowers, £37 16*. :
Ditto a Drake on stand, plants in relief, £32 10*.: Paie of
Ditto Ducks on stands, with foliage in relief, £63 : Dish and
Covbe formed as a group of two Doves, £47. All the foregoing
examples except the last, as well as tureens and dishes of a Mabbit
and a Swan, are to be found in Mr. Read's catalogue of 1756.

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Two green and gold Chelsea honey-comb tureens, covers
and dishes 17 s.
A very fine large white Chelsea figure of a Shepherd and
2 Shepperdesses il. 18s.
Two Chelsea figures of the English* and Prussian dwarf,
enamelled 2I.
A large Chelsea tureen in the shape of a Swan, and a dish
il. 15s.
A white Chelsea service, consisting of 11 oblong dishes, 15
leaf ditto, 6 side ditto, and 36 plates 2I. 13s.
A beautiful Chelsea enamelled figure of Apollo, on a pedes
tal 2I.
A white Chelsea figure of Cicero 9s.
Two Chelsea figures of Mrs. Clive, in the character ofthe
Fine Lady, and four India figures us.
A fine white Chelsea group of Hercules and Omphale \l. is.
Ten Chelsea china painted handle knives and forks, and 1 2
white-handle knives 16s.
A pair of large and elegant white Chelsea candlesticks for 3
lights each, with tygers and buck-hunting 2I. 7s.
A fine white group of boys and fish, 2 small groups of fish,
and 2 men as flower pots 2I. 2s.
A box of Chelsea tulip nossels, at per doz. 7s.
Six Chelsea plate-fashion plates, enamel'd in fruit and flowers,
and two round ditto \l. 10s.
A white Chelsea beaker and 2 cranes as candlesticks 17s.
Two mellons and leaves, white and gold, 4 oval compoteers
and two grape ditto, white Chelsea 17 s.
A fine white Chelsea honey-comb jar, and 2 beakers 15s. 63,.
A Chelsea crimson and gold urn, and 2 large girandoles, as
Cupid and Flora 1 1. 4s.
A fine white Chelsea group of a Prussian Hussar il. 7s.
A white Chelsea bottle with handles, 2 shepherds ditto, and
2 fluted row-waggons 2I. 2s.
Fifteen white Chelsea-handle penknives 6s.
* This is a very well executed figure of John Coan known as
the Norfolk dwarf who died in 1764. He is represented in the
rich costume of a Yeoman of the Guard or Beefeater, and is shewn
to be a dwarf by the large size of the dog near him. The words
John Coan, English Dwaef are inscribed on a tablet at the
base ; near this at the foot of the figure are the letters c o in
gold on two tablets. The mark is a gold anchor and the letters
o. e. in. are inscribed on the breast, also in gold.

A pair of Chelsea enamelled Girandoles, with bird catchers
il. 4s.
Two very fine Chelsea groups, representing the four quarters
ofthe world il. 2 s. 6 A.
During the years 1768 and 1769 the following occur
amongst many others : —
A pair of beautiful enamelled figures of Jupiter and Juno,
in triumphant cars ofthe Chelsea porcelain $1. 10s.,
Morgan
A fine Chelsea tea-pot, six cups with handles, and saucers,
and 4 coffee cups, curiously painted in green land
scapes il ns. 6d.
A pair of exceeding fine Chelsea girandoles, supported with
cupids and enriched with gold 61.
A pair of elegant Chelsea girandoles for two lights each,
with musical figures in arbours of jessamines 3?. 4s.
A Chelsea Carp tureen 10s. 6d.
A most beautiful and elegant Chelsea tea and coffee equipage,
of the Juno pattern, enriched with festoons of gold
flowers finely chased 27?. 6s.
An artificial Arbour, composed of Chelsea flowers, in which
is a fine group of Dresden figures, tete-a-te"te, and an
eight day movement by Toulman 5Z. ns.
In 1771 and subsequent years specimens of Chelsea
porcelain are found in nearly all sales of any im
portance.An elegant crimson vase embellishments unusually rich, the
painting heroic and fine 20?. 9s. 6d.
Six fine cups and saucers with handles, painted in purple
cupids 2I. 1 os.
Two '.Chelsea turtle basons, covers and plates il. 2s.
A group of Chelsea china ornamented with golden apples
3^ 3*-
A pair of Chelsea perfume pots of the fine crimson ground
embellished with gold on shell feet 3?. 10s.
Two Chelsea china smelling bottles with 2 gold stoppers,
three ditto with flowers and bloom 16s.
A Chelsea watch case, 2 essence Vases, &c. il. 16s., Sir
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Three very fine old Chelsea ice pails embos'd with vine
leaves, grapes, &c. 2I. gs.
A pair of very capital groups Venus and Mercury 2I. 5s.
An elegant vase designed by the late Mr. Sprimont, of the
rich mazarine blue heightened with groups of bur
nished and chased gold birds and other decorations,
and a bottle of singular shape correspondently en
riched and decorated 81. 8s., Morgan
An octagon Chelsea tea set in imitation of old Japan il. 10s.
Five lettuces, 4 sun flowers, 4 pears, 3 apples, 2 pom-
granats, 4 lemons, 6 citrons, 8 melons, 2 figs, 2
artichokes, and a rose il. 5s.
Four partridges, &c. il. its.
A most Magnificent jar, cover, and 2 bottles, of dis
tinguished elegant shapes, Old Chelsea, maza
rine blue, the pheasants and enrichments strongly
chased and burnished in gold, in the highest state of
preservation 81, Williams
A Pair of Bottles with groups of dancing figures, of
equal excellence and finished to correspond with the
above 4I. 8s., Williams
The effects of Queen Charlotte were sold by auction
by Mr. Christie in May, 1819. The following examples
of Chelsea porcelain were included in the sale : —
A pair of superb old Chelsea caudle cups, covers and
saucers, with peacocks, in gold on mazarine blue
ground 27/. i6.r. 6d., Davis
A set of three toilette boxes of old Chelsea, of similar
pattern with the preceding, each containing smaller
patch boxes of the same 12Z. \2s., Fogg
Four large ornamental cups, with pierced sides of fine old
Chelsea porcelain, of mazarine blue and gold, and
flowered pattern 24Z. 3^., Fogg
A pair of superb bottles of old Chelsea porcelain, with pea
cocks in gold on mazarine blue ground, gold vines
in relief, the handles of satyr's heads . and horns
38Z. 1 7 j., Esdail
A small dejune of Chelsea porcelain, consisting of a plateau
and four pieces. 81. 8s., Lord King
A pair of capital caudle cups, covers and saucers, mazarine
blue and gold, spirally fluted, with paintings of
cupids, in red, of the rare old Chelsea china.
16Z. \6s., Davis

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Two cups, one cover and three saucers of old Chelsea,
artichoke pattern, crimson and gold, an old Bristol
chocolate cup and saucer, and a leaf shaped fruit
dish nl. 5s., Davis
A TURENNE OF THE FINE OLD CHELSEA
CHINA, shaped as a BOAR'S HEAD, and a capital
dish of the same, finely painted with a stag hunt,
flowers and insects i$l. 10s., Lord Wemyss
A fine center two-handled vase of old Chelsea flowered
porcelain, the ground crimson and gold pencilled,
and a pair of ditto smaller with covers 40L,
Jarman
A pair of large two-handled bottles of the same 37/.,
Ditto
A very large, pear-shaped vase of old Chelsea, with scol
loped arabesque ornaments and pierced necks, the
front painted with a group of smokers, birds and
landscapes on the reverse 19?., Baldock
A pair of time pieces by Strigel each mounted in a case of
grotto work, with pastoral figures, of old Chelsea,
the ground crimson and gold 73?. 10s., Loving

BOW, ? — i
Although a patent was granted to Heylin and Frye
for making porcelain as early as 1744, it does not
appear that the Bow manufactory was carried on to any
great extent till after Frye's second patent in November,
1749. For some years subsequent to 1750 the business
was very extensive, but I find no notice of the Bow
products mentioned in the London newspapers before
1757. A large proportion of the objects made at Bow
appears to have been of the useful rather than the
ornamental. In the " case" of the Undertaker of the
Chelsea manufactory, written at some period after
1752, he says, " The chief endeavours at Bow have
been towards making a more ordinary sort of ware for
common use." This opinion, coming from a Chelsea
source, may be somewhat prejudiced, but it is in a
great measure confirmed by their own Advertisements.
A further corroboration is to be found in the fact that
Bow specimens are rarely, if ever, mentioned in subse
quent years amongst other English ceramic productions
advertised for sale from private collections.
From a passage in Smith's Life of Nollekens it has
been customary to quote certain figures as having been
made at the Bow manufactory. Mr. Smith in another
work afterwards attributes these same figures to Chel
sea. Mr. W. F. Tiffin, in his ingenious little Chro
nograph* has shewn what small reliance can be placed
* A Chronograph of the Bow, Chelsea, and Derby Manufac
tories. Salisbury : Brown and Co. (1874).

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on the statements of these gossiping memoirs. Betew
is reported to have said " There were some clever men
who modelled for the Bow concern, and they produced
several spirited figures — Quin in Falstaff, Garrick in
Bichard, Frederick Duke of Cumberland striding
triumphantly over the Pretender, who is begging
quarter of him ; John Wilkes, and so forth."
Mr. Smith, who was born in 1766 and died in 1833,
published a small volume of his reminiscences under
the title of " A Book for a Bainy Day." In 1829 he
paid a visit to Hampton Court, and on going through
the villa formerly occupied by Garrick he exclaims " I
declare here is a figure of Kitty Clive, as the Fine Lady
in Lethe, from the Chelsea manufactory. There is an
engraving of her by Mosely, with the landscape back
ground etched by Gainsborough. This figure of Mrs.
Clive, which was something less than a foot in height,
was perfectly white, and one of a set of celebrated
characters, viz., John Wilkes, David Garrick in Richard
III., Quin in Falstaff, Woodward in the ' Fine Gentle
man,' the Duke of Cumberland, &c."
This very interesting figure of Kitty Clive which has
usually been attributed to Bow was certainly made at
Chelsea. It appears in the catalogue of Turner, the
well-known dealer in 1767, as " Two Chelsea figures of
Mrs.JJlive in the character of the Fine Lady." (See
ante page xxxviii.) Its companion, that of Woodward
in the. Fine Gentleman, was no doubt, as Smith says,
made at Chelsea too.* The figure of the Duke of
* Mrs. Clive, nie Raftor, represented the part of " Mrs. Riot," a
fine Lady, and. Woodward that of " A fine Gentleman," in
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Cumberland also " striding triumphantly over the
Pretender" is very much more likely to have been
fabricated at Chelsea than at Bow. The Duke was a
great patron of the former manufactory, and it might
very well have been made there after his defeat of
Prince Charles Edward at Culloden in 1746, as there
is an authentic bust of the Duke in white Chelsea ware.
Mr. Smith is again very wide of the mark when he
says, also in the Life of Nollekens, that " My Father
was well acquainted with Paul Ferg, one of the artists
employed with Sir J. Thornhill and others, in the
Chelsea China Manufactory." Smith's father was born
in 1743, whereas Thornhill died in 1732, and Ferg in
1740. In Aris's Birmingham Gazette of March 5th, 1753,
the following advertisement appears; a nearly similar
author himself played three characters in this piece, in which
various members of the fashionable world are carried across the
Styx by Charon and pour out their troubles to old iEsop, in order
that they may have free access to the waters of Lethe, as a sove
reign remedy for their complaints. The fine Gentleman of that
day, besides a multitude of other accomplishments, says, " Faith,
my existence is merely supported by amusements ; I dress, visit,
study taste, and write sonnets ; by birth, travel, education, and
natural abilities, I am entitled to lead the fashion ; 1 am, principal
connoisseur at all auctions, chief arbiter at assemblies, profess'd
critic at the theatres, and a fine gentleman — everywhere."
A fine Lady's amusements were equally varied and numerous —
" She lies in bed all morning, rattles about all day, and sits up
all night ; she goes everywhere, and sees everything, knows every
body, and loves nobody ; ridicules her friends, coquets with her
lovers ; sets 'em together by the ears, tells fibs, makes mischief,
buys china, cheats at cards, keeps a pug-dog, and hates the -
parsons." Mrs. Clive took her farewell of the stage in this
character in 1769. It is exceedingly probable that the statuette of
iEsop sold at the Auction in 1766 (vide ante page xxxvii), was in
tended for Bridges, the actor who performed that character in
Lethe, then very popular ; and it is quite possible that further in
vestigation would show that many existing figures, as yet unrecog
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one was inserted in the Derby Mercury of March 9th
in the same year.
BOW CHINA WARE.
Was opened on Wednesday the 7th February, near the
Royal Exchange in Cornhill, with a Back Door facing the
Bank, in Threadneedle-street, for the Convenience of all
Customers both in Town and Country ; where all Sorts
of China will continue to be sold in the same Manner
as formerly at Bow, with Allowance made to wholesale
Dealers. Another advertisement from the Bow proprietors was
inserted once in Aris's Birmingham Gazette for Nov. 5th,
1753 :—
This is to give Notice to all Painters in the Blue and
White Potting Way, and Enamellers on China-Ware, that
by applying at the Counting House at the China-Works
near Bow, they may meet with Employment, and proper
Encouragement, according to their Merit ; Likewise Painters
brought up in the Snuff-Box Way, Japanning, Fan-painting,
&c. may have Opportunities of Trial ; wherein, if they
succeed, they shall have due Encouragement.
N.B. — At the same House, a Person is wanted who can
model small Figures in Clay neatly.
The first notice of a Sale by auction is found in the
Public Advertiser of March 24th, 1757. This is not
mentioned as being their first public sale, but I find no
earlier reference to any.
To be Sold by Auction
BY MR. COCK AND CO.
at their New Auction Rooms in Spring-Gardens, leading
into St. James's Park, on Tuesday next.
The very extensive and valuable Production of the BOW
Porcelaine Manufactory, consisting of many compleat and
useful Services, and Abundance of curious and ornamental
Pieces. To be seen from Friday next till the Sale, which
will begin each Day precisely at Twelve.

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The above notice was repeated up to April 6th, after
which time it was as follows, the sale lasting to Satur
day, April 17th : —
The very extensive and valuable Production of the Manu
factory of BOW China or Porcelaine, consisting of
Epargnes, Branch Candlesticks, Services for Deserts, &c.
&c. exquisitely painted in Enamel, and Blue and White.
Also a large Assortment of the most useful China in Lots,
for the Use of Gentlemen's Kitchens, Private Families,
Taverns, &c. To be view'd till the Sale, which will begin
each Day at Twelve precisely. Catalogues to be had at the
Place of Sale, of Mr. Price, Upholsterer in the Strand, and
of Mr. Cock, Auctioneer in Great Pulteney-Street, Golden
Square. The following four laudatory paragraphs relating to
this sale appeared in the Public Advertiser on the dates
given : —
" All Orders are received and executed as usual at the
Bow China Warehouse in Cornhill, at which Place there are
now frequently bringing in new Patterns of various fine
Things from the Factory." April 7th, 1737.
To be sold cheap, at Mr. Hughes's Iron-monger in Pall
Mall, several Lots of the Bow China, particularly, the fine
curious Inkstand. Chelsea China selling off under prime
Cost. April 13th, 1757.
We hear that this Day and To-morrow will finish the Sale,
at the new Auction Room in Spring-Garden, of the Bow-
China, and that there will be exhibited large Table Services
of the finest old Japan Patterns, with Jars, Figures, very
fine Epargnes and ornamental Pieces, more extraordinarily
executed than any yet. April ij, 1737.
Sale by Auction by COCK & CO. Some lots that were
not cleared in the Bow China Sale, which finished on Satur
day the 17th inst. ; and also there will be added, by the
desire of , several of the Nobility and Gentry, several very
curious lots, that are just finished, at the Manufactory,
both useful and ornamental. April 23, 1757.

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Towards the end of the year the following Para
graph was inserted; it appeared on Dec. 9, 1757, and
was several times repeated.
At the Bow China Warehouse in Cornhill are great
Variety of useful and ornamental Wares of that Manu
factory greatly improved : And for the Convenience of the
Nobility and Gentry, their Warehouse on the Terrace in St.
James's Street, is constantly supplied with every Thing new,
where it is sold as at Cornhill, with the real Price marked
on each Piece without Abatement.
The sale advertisements of 1758 show that many of
their services were decorated with the old brown-edged
Japan pattern, and that they were painted by artists
brought from Dresden. This is not the rich style of
ornament which we are accustomed to call Old Japan,
but is an earlier, indeed the earliest mode of Japanese
decoration on porcelain.* The design is very simple,
and consists of a tree of the prunus in flower, with two
quails or partridges, sometimes with hedges and wheat-
sheaves, all on a white ground with a narrow edging of
thick foliage in red. It is of this kind, but with the
pattern very much elaborated, that the bowl preserved
in the British Museum is composed. It was presented
by Thomas Craft in 1760, and was described at that
time as being painted in the Old Japan taste.
This pattern was copied at an early period at
Dresden ; in the Johanneum Museum there, specimens
of the Old Japan, together with the Meissen copies, are
to be found in the same room. It was also one of the
earliest of the Chelsea patterns ; in Mr. Bead's cata
logue of the 1756 sale there are several lots described,
* See Mr. Pranks' Catalogue of his Collection of Oriental
Porcelain, p. 67, 2nd ed.

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such as " Six octagon soup plates of the wheatsheaf and
pheasant old pattern," and again, " Two octagon salad
dishes, old partridge pattern." Another archaic Japanese
design is sometimes met with, in which is the figure of
a lady in Japanese Court dress. This pattern is men
tioned in some old account books of the Bow works of
1756, in the possession of Lady Charlotte Schreiber ;
amongst them is " Patterns received from Lady Caven
dish ; a Japan octagon cup and saucer lady pattern."*
" Partridge octagon 'plates" are also entered in these
account books, and a memorandum by the manager,
" To buy a partridge, either alive or dead."
The Bow Proprietors had two Sales by public auction
in the spring of 1758. The first was a collection
brought from the manufactory at Bow, the second
consisted of the entire stock from their West-end
warehouse on the Terrace in St. James' Street, which
was given up at this time ; this last sale included a
large quantity of Chelsea porcelain. The advertise
ments of these two sales appear in the Public Advertiser.
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. LAMBE,
At his House in Pall Mall on Feb^. 27, and five following
Days, A Large and valuable Collection of fine Porcelain or
China, from the Manufactory at Bow; consisting of Per
fume Pots, beautiful Groups of Figures, Jars, Beakers,
Birds, Beasts &c. Services of Dishes, Plates, Sauceboats,
compleat Tea and Coffee Equipages, a large Assortment
of the most useful Pieces, both blue and white and
enamelled, and are put in such Lots as are both fit for
private Families and Dealers.
The whole will be exhibited to public View. Catalogues
* See in "Histoire de la Porcelaine" by Jacquemart and Le
Slant, Plate 1, Figure 2, Famille archaique.

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to be had gratis at the Place of Sale, and at the Company's
Warehouse in Cornhill.
Some Part of this Porcelain is very little inferior to the
fine old brown Edge Japan, and wants no other Recom
mendation than its own Beauty and Service.
(^ Mr. Lambe begs leave to acquaint the Nobility,
Gentry, and others, that this Sale of Bow China, is
by order of the Proprietors, to be sold without
Reserve, and may depend upon his Word there will
be no Methods made use of, but what are absolutely
on the strictest Honour.
The second advertisement runs as follows : —
To be Sold by Auction
' By MR. LAMBE
At his House in Pall-Mali, St. James's on Monday the ioth
of April 1758 and the five following Days, (by order pf the
Proprietors of the Bow Manufactory of Porcelain.)
All the intire Stock of their Warehouse, on the Terrass in
St. James's Street, they haying intirely quitted the same ;
consisting of fine Epergnes, Chandeliers, Branches decorated
with Flowers and Figures, fine Essence Pots, beautiful
Groups, and other figures of Birds, Beasts, Jars, Beakers,
Bottles, &c. Service of Dishes and Plates, Sauceboats,
Bowls, Compleat Tea and Coffee Equipages, a large Assort
ment of fine Enamel and fine Partridge Sets, which are
most beautifully painted by several qf the finest Masters
from Dresden, made up in Lots proper for the Nobility and
private Families.
%g" There is a large quantity of the Chelsea Manufactory
among the Stock.
The whole to be viewed at the Time to Sale, which will
begin each Day punctually at Twelve.
.The paragraph stating that there is a large quantity
of the Chelsea manufactory among the stock is difficult
to understand. From the first the Bow Proprietors
seem to have had warehouses in the city of London,
but I do not find any account of a West-end depot
before the end of 1757. In the April following this
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was entirely given up. The Terrace in St. James'
Street was a favorite locality for the china dealers at
that period, and as there were several removals about
this time, it may perhaps be accounted for by the not
very probable theory that the Bow proprietors had
taken off the remains of a stock of Chelsea porcelain
together with a house.
In 1763 affairs were at a very low ebb at Bow ;
Crowther, the only remaining partner, became bank
rupt, and his stock was sold in the following year. The
annexed is a copy of the advertisement in the Public
Advertiser of the sale which took place in May, 1764.
To be Sold by Auction,
On Wednesday next and the following day,
At the Large Exhibition Room in Spring Gardens.
The remaining Part of the large Stock in Trade of John
Crowther, a Bankrupt ; This Collection is removed from
the Manufactory at Bow, near Stratford, and the Bow Ware
house in Cornhill ; consisting of a large Quantity of the
finest Porcelain, chose out of the said Collection, in curious
Figures, Girandoles and Branches for Chimney Pieces,
finely decorated with Figures, Flowers, &c. Dishes, Com
potiers, Leaves, &c, fine Deserts of the fine old Partridge
and Wheatsheaf Pattern, and Variety of other Porcelain.
* * In the fourth Day's Sale will be Sold, a rich and
elegant Tea and Chocolate Equipage, of the curious and
rare Tuscan Manufactory. This inimitable superb Set was
first intended by the Marquis Ginogi (sic), for the late
Grand Duke of Tuscany.

LONGTON HALL,

Some advertisements in the Newspapers of 1757
have given the clue to a manufactory of English
Porcelain of some importance which lasted only a
short time, and of which all traces seemed to have been
lost. Of the past existence of the manufactory, how
ever, there can be no doubt at all, and of the present
existence of several fine examples I think there can be
very little.
Longton Hall is situated in the Staffordshire Pottery
district, within the limits of the borough of Stoke-
upon-Trent, and at no great distance from the Grand
Trunk Canal. The place is thus described by the Bev.
Stebbing Shaw in his County History of Staffordshire
[1798, p. 222] . " Longdon Hall formerly belonged to
the Weedons, a family now extinct. It was sold to
John Floyer of Longdon, Esq" who left it to Mr. John
Burnes Floyer,. whose son is the present possessor, but
the house is now reduced to a common farm-house."
The name of Longton Hall is connected with some
of the first attempts at making porcelain by William
Littler, at an early period of the introduction of the art
into England. The accounts given by Simeon Shaw,
as well as by Ward in his " History of Stoke-upon-
Trent," of this first essay, are a little confused, espe
cially as to dates ; they evidently relate to an early
effort at making porcelain by Littler, which failed ; but
it is not these first experiments that I propose to
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the Longton Hall venture, but with a later and fully
developed manufactory of English porcelain subse
quently carried on there. I will, however, quote what
has already been published relating to this early
attempt of Littler's, first premising that he must have
made some considerable progress in the art, as is
evident from the following advertisement which I find
in Aris's Birmingham Gazette on July 27, 1752, and
often repeated. •£i)i$ i0 to acquaint tfje Vufihc
That there is now made by WILLIAM LITTLER and CO.
at Longton-Hall near Newcastle, Staffordshire,
A Large Quantity, and great Variety, of very good and fine
ornamental Porcelain or China Ware, in the most
fashionable and genteel Taste. Where all Persons may be
fitted with the same at reasonable Rates, either Wholesale
or Retale.
The references to this early essay are, first from
Ward (p. 50) :—
" Mr. William Littler, of Brownhills, near Burslem,'
whose father had carried on business there as a Potter,
and left to his son a small landed estate, embarked
in some expensive attempts to produce an article
resembling oriental china ; he commenced business
about the year 1745, when he attained his majority,
and a few years afterwards removed the seat of his
manufacture to Longton-Hall, where he prosecuted his
experiments with very good success as regarded the
beauty and delicacy of his china, but with disastrous
results to himself, for he soon sacrificed his patrimony
in the speculation, and was obHged to abandon it. The
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great lightness and beauty, and would certainly have
won their way in after times."
There is a sample of this early work of Littler's
preserved in the Museum at Hanley. It was presented
by Enoch Wood, the well known potter, who attached
to it the following memorandum : " This was given to
Enoch Wood by William Fletcher in January 1809. He
informs me he remembers it being made by Mr. William
Littler, at Longton near Stoke, about fifty-five years ago,
say in the year 1754. It has never been out of his
possession during that time, and is highly valued."
Simeon Shaw, in his " History of the Staffordshire
Potteries, 1829" (p. 198), says,
" The close resemblance of very thin pieces of salt
glazed white stone ware to foreign porcelain, excited the
ingenuity of Mr. William Littler, of Brownhills, about
1765,* to attempt the manufacture of porcelain ; and
he removed to Longton Hall, near Lane End, (now the
residence of Biehd. Heathcote, Esqr. M.P.) where he
continued his experiments, until his success surpassed
all the expectations of his contemporaries : but there
not being much demand for this kind of ware, he
sacrificed his estate at Brownhills, near Burslem, and
then discontinued manufacturing porcelain. His chief
workman was not only a good practical potter, but a
tolerable modeller, named Dr. Mills, who subsequently
died in Shelton at a very advanced age."
" The precise nature of the composition of Littler's
porcelain is not known ; its defect was inability to bear
sudden or excessive change of temperature. Its basis
* This date is manifestly an error.

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is believed to have been a frit, that is, a mixture of the
flint and alumina with alkalies, to render them easily
fusible, and cause the mass to appear white when ade
quately fired. The frit has to be ground, and dried
into an impalpable powder, which is subsequently
mixed with the clay. The specimens, which are well
calculated to deceive the eye of the spectator, are
cylindrical cups, with handles shewing some taste, a
tolerable glaze, and enamelled with flowers, but there
are many specks, and the whole has a greyish hue, yet
they are calculated to surprize his fellows, by their
similarity to foreign porcelain in body, glaze, shapes,
and enamelling. Mr. Littler, at a subsequent period,
was manager of a porcelain manufactory at Shelton for
Messrs. Baddely and Fletcher until its early discon
tinuance ; he became very infirm prior to his death, at
a very advanced age, and in reduced circumstances, in
Shelton." How long, or to what extent, this early manufactory
of porcelain was carried on does not appear. Littler's
partner and relative was Aaron Wedgwood, a cousin of
the afterwards celebrated Josiah Wedgwood. The latter
began his career at Stoke, where he resided from 1751
to 1759, but we do not find either at this time or subse
quently any allusion to Littler or his porcelain by
Wedgwood. The primitive way in which these early
manufactures were carried on can be understood, when
it is stated that their supplies of coal were brought
from pits in the adjacent moorland on the backs of horses
belonging to small farmers who carried on this labo
rious traffic when not otherwise employed in their ordi
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late as the close of the last century, consisted of but a
few scattered tenements of a very humble description.
The next allusion to Longton Hall a few years later
is of a much more definite character. In 1756 there
was established there a manufactory of English Por
celain of considerable importance, the products of which
were similar to the Chelsea of that period, and of
sufficient importance to have a Sale by Auction in Lon
don in the following year. The first attempt of Littler,
according to the authorities already cited, failed, and he
had presumably come to the end of his resources.
How far he was connected with the new venture it is
not easy to say, but that he was at Longton Hall and
sold porcelain there very soon after that time, will
afterwards be seen.
It is not unlikely, however, that this new effort was
made principally by others, probably with, and possibly
without the assistance of Littler. There are several
reasons for supposing that William Duesbury began his
active career at this time by establishing or renewing
the Longton Hall works, in conjunction with others.
In September, 1755, he was certainly living at Longton
Hall; be had no connection with the Derby fabric
till afterwards. In a letter written to the Derby
Chronicle in 1865 Mr. Frank Jessopp, who, through
his mother, was a great-grandson of Duesbury's, in
speaking of the Derby manufactory, says " Mr. William
Duesbury four generations ago, was the proprietor of
China works at Chelsea, Bow, Longton, and Derby."
Mr. Jessopp died a few years after this, it is not known
what authority he had for this statement, it must there
fore be taken for what it is worth.

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In Mr. Jewitt's account of the Derby porcelain manu
factory he quotes the draft of an Agreement dated
January 1st, 1756, " between John Heath, of Derby,
gentleman; Andrew Planche, of ye same place, china
maker ; and William Duesbury of Longton in ye county
of Stafford, enameller," by which they became "co
partners together as well in ye art of making English
China, as also in buying and selling, &c." In this
Agreement no place is mentioned where the manufac
tory was to be carried on. It has naturally been
assumed that it applied to Derby, owing to the fact that
both Heath and Duesbury were connected with the
Derby porcelain' works not long after ; but it is quite
possible that it had reference to the new manufactoiy
of porcelain at that time established at Longton Hall.
Next to nothing is really known of the state of the
Derby fabric down to this time. Mr. Jewitt states that
Duesbury certainly had no connnection with it previous
to the date of the Agreement. That the Derby factory
produced in 1756 works of a much more advanced
character than is generally supposed, I hope to shew
subsequently, but by whom the manufactory had been
previously carried on remains to be discovered.
Assuming that the Agreement was duly carried out,
it is quite probable that the place of manufacture was
at Longton Hall where Duesbury resided. Coal and
clay were more abundant in Staffordshire than at Derby.
As the Agreement was dated January, 1756, the whole
of that year would necessarily be taken up in estab
lishing the fabric and' producing their first works. In
the spring of the following year they were prepared
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find advertisements announcing the sale in the London
Public Advertiser in the spring of 1757.
At the same time, it must be mentioned, William
Littler was again connected with the manufacture of
porcelain at Longton Hall. In addition to Littler's
advertisement of 1752, I have discovered two others, of
his in a Birmingham newspaper of a later date relating
to the sale of porcelain at Longton Hall in 1757 and
1758. Whether the Longton Hall products sold in
London in April, 1757, were made by Duesbury, Heath,
and Planche, or whether they were the production of
W. Littler alone, or both combined, it is at present
impossible to say.
The following appears in the London Public Adver
tiser on April 4, 1757, and was continued in this form
till April 10. To be Sold by Auction
By MR. FORD,
At his Great Room at the Upper End of St. James' Hay-
market, on Tuesday 1 9th Instant, and the following Days.
A Quantity of new and curious Porcelain or China, both
useful and ornamental, of the Longton-Hall Manufactory,
which has never been exposed to public View. As the
Strength and Delicacy of the Composition, the Novelty of
the Patterns, and the Beauty of the Execution have had the
Approbation of the best Judges who have seen it, and the
Proprietors having been at very great Pains and Expence in
endeavouring after Perfection in this new Manufacture,
they hope it will be thought worthy of Notice, arid meet
with the Encouragement of the Public, and they promise
the Nobility, &c. who have desired to see it make its
Appearance in this Manner, that the Whole shall be con
ducted with that Fairness and Honesty which they hope
will merit their future Favours.
The said Porcelain may be viewed on Saturday and
Monday the 16th and 18th till the Time of Sale, which will
h

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begin each Day exactly at Twelve o'Clock. Catalogues will
be ready to deliver at Mr. Ford's, on Friday the 15 th inst.
at 6d. each ; the Money to be returned to those that are
Purchasers. From the 12th April to the conclusion of the Sale on
April 25th the following was the advertisement : —
A New and curious Porcelain or China of the Longton-
Hall Manufactory, which has had the Approbation of the
best Judges, and recommended by several of the Nobility
to this public Method of Sale. Consisting of Tureens,
Covers and Dishes, large Cups and Covers, Jars and
Beakers, with beautiful Sprigs of Flowers, open-work'd
Fruit Baskets and Plates, Variety of Services for Deserts,
Tea and Coffee Equipages, Sauce Boats, leaf Basons and
Plates, Melons, Colliflowers, elegant Epargnes, and other
ornamental and useful Porcelain, both white and enamell'd.
There is nothing to shew that Duesbury had anything
to do with Littler's early venture, but supposing him to
have been living at Longton at that time he might have
learnt something of the art of making porcelain. For
the next few years there could hardly have been occu
pation for a man of Duesbury's stamp at Longton as an
"enameller :" a number of his drawings are still in ex
istence, shewing that he had considerable talent as an
artist. As the white enamelled borders' of the car
touches on the presumed specimens of the Longton
Hall porcelain are almost identical in design and colour
with those found on the finer Battersea enamels, it
seems by no means improbable that Duesbury, like
Hancock, was employed in the Battersea works. He
was apparently living in or near London in 1752 and
1753, as Mr. Jewitt says that two of his children were
born there at that time. However this may be, we find
that about the period of the disruption of the Battersea
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Duesbury's father was a currier at Cannock, in Stafford
shire. In 1755 he made over to his son all his furni
ture, implements of trade, &c, on condition that the
younger Duesbury should board and lodge him for the
remainder of his life. The indenture, given by Mr.
Jewitt, is dated Sept. 27, 1755. This arrangement
probably put the younger Duesbury into funds, and on
the 1st January in the following year we find him
joining Heath and Planche in the establishment of a
new porcelain manufactory.
Heath was a man of position in Derby ; according to
the terms of the agreement he found ^1000, for which
he was to receive one-third of the profits, with power to
appoint any other person to act for him.
Of Andrew Planche little is known ; he is described
in the Agreement as a china maker of Derby. Mr.
Jewitt says : — " He was there as early as 1751, and
being left to shift for himself, he believes he went into
Saxony and there learnt the art of making porcelain at
Meissen." Mr. Planche, the late Somerset Herald,
in his " Eecollections" states that his father, Jacques
Planche, was the only brother of Andrew who lived to
man's estate, and that he also went to Geneva to learn
the art of watch making, and was in Paris in 1757.
Being of a French emigrant family they probably spoke
the language easily, they also had German connections.
It is not probable nowever that Andrew Planche- learnt
much of the mystery of making porcelain abroad at a
time when all the established factories jealously guarded
their trade secrets. Nothing more is heard of Andrew
Planche" in connection with Derby after this time. He
was living at Bath in 1804, and died a few years after.

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It now remains to add what is known of Littler's
connection with Longton Hall at this time. The
following advertisement appears in Aris's Birmingham
Gazette on June 20, 1757, and is two or three times
repeated. At the CHINA MANUFACTORY, by William Littler,
at Longton Hall, near Newcastle, Staffordshire.
There is now upon Sale all Sorts of CHINA, both useful
and ornamental, as well plain blue and white Tea-China of
all Sorts, Coffee-cans, Chocolate Cups and Saucers, Punch-
Bowls and Mugs, as finely enamell'd and curiously modell'd
Fruit-Dishes, Leaf-Plates, Sauce-Boats, and Variety of
curious useful Ornaments for Deserts, with Figures and
Flowers of all Sorts, made exactly to Nature, allow'd by the
best Judges to be the finest in England, where all Gentle
men and Ladies who please to honour him with their
Commands, may depend upon having the Favour greatly
acknowledg'd and all Tradesmen who favour him with
Orders, may depend upon having them faithfully executed
by their most obedient humble Servant William Littler.
This advertisement, it will be observed, was issued
about two months after the Sale was held in London,
and comes from William Littler alone. In the fol
lowing year another, apparently the last, occurs when
he seems to have been in partnership with others.
This announcement appears once in Aris's Birmingham
Gazette of June 12th, 1758.
Cfjte is to acquaint tfjc }'3uBUc
That there is now to be Sold by William Littler and
Co., at Longton Hall, near Newcastle in Staffordshire
Great Variety of all Sorts of Useful and Ornamental
PORCELAIN or CHINA WARE both Blue and White,
and also Enamelled in the best and most lively Colours ;
to wit, Services of Dishes and Plates, Tea and Coffee
Equipages, and great Variety of Services for Deserts,

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Beautiful Essence Pots, Images, Flowers. Vases &c. with
fine Blue and White Ribb'd, Fluted, and Octagon Choco
late Cups and Saucers, Tea Sets, &c.
N.B. —The LONGTON Porcelain is vastly improved,
and is now allow'd by all' Judges, to be the best made in
England; the Prices are lowered, and are now very rea
sonable. Several good specimens of what I believe to be the
products of the Longton Hall manufactory are in
Mr. Franks' collection. As long ago as 1862 some of
these were exhibited by Mr. Franks in the temporary
museum formed at Worcester during the meeting of
the Archaeological Institute there. The description
given in the Catalogue at that time is as follows : —
"Three specimens of a rare English manufacture of
porcelain, locality not ascertained ; the mark is formed,
apparently, of two letters L, one inverted, the upstroke
crossed, underneath are three dots in a vertical row. The
prevalent color is a brilliant blue; one of the examples
exhibited was a leaf-shaped dish, in form similar to those
frequently made at Chelsea ; also a large plate, and a bowl
and cover formed of overlapping leaves, some of them of
the peculiar brilliant blue already noticed, decorated with
white enamel ; the others white and painted with flowers
enclosed within floral wreaths."
It will be noticed that the " leaf-shaped dish," and
"bowl and cover formed of overlapping leaves," of the
Catalogue of 1862, correspond pretty exactly with the
" leaf Basons and Plates" of the London advertise
ments of 1757. The locality would suggest the letter
L as the mark, and the Vincennes or Sevres form of it
would be familiar at that time ; this was ingeniously
varied by inverting one of the letters. The dots too
are found in the Vincennes mark ; in the Longton Hall
examples the three dots, if they mean anything — and

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from their being placed vertically, probably do — may
indicate the three proprietors of the new venture. The
two L's would of course be equally appropriate for
Littler of Longton. The mark however is not very
distinct ; probably the finer specimens only were
marked, the remainder have most likely been since
classed as " uncertain Chelsea."* The annexed wood
cuts represent the marks as found on some of Mr.
Franks' pieces.

St X>

Jy

One peculiarity in Mr. Franks' specimens is that
they are badly and clumsily potted, indeed just what
one would expect from a new factory. With this ex
ception, and a peculiar streakiness in the blue colour,
there is nothing tentative in these pieces, no appearance
of anything like a first attempt. The writer once had
a piece of it in the form of a Beaker, similar in colour
and decoration to Mr. Franks' examples, it was orna
mented with sprigs of well painted flowers as described
in the Public Advertiser. The medallions were edged
with a rococo pattern in white enamel instead of gold ;
the effect was novel and not bad, but somewhat cold.
This piece had no mark and was destroyed with many
* Mr. Chaffers has engraved a mark amongst his Bow examples
which probably belongs to Longton Hall, The upper part of the
design above the three dots is not quite the same, but this is per
haps owing to the running of the colour after the glaze was put
on, as is found on several other pieces of Longton Hall. The
explanation given by Mr. Chaffers is, " This mark in blue under
the glaze, is found underneath a white china teapot with dark
blue border, in the Countess of Hopetoun's possession.'1

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other fine things in the fire at the Alexandra Palace in
1873. Other examples of the Longton Hall fabric are
in possession of the Duchess Dowager of Athole and
Mr. Octavius Morgan.
The fine streaky blue which is characteristic of this
porcelain might have been due to Littler. Shaw says
that Littler introduced great improvements into the
glaze, also that " Some excellent specimens [of pottery]
are ornamented by enamelling and gilding ; and others
having had a little manganese applied, resemble the
finest lapis-lazuli." On the other hand the presence
of "calcined bone earth," the discovery of which
Littler is credited with in Shaw's list of newly intro
duced Staffordshire materials, is not found in the
Longton Hall porcelain. Professor Church has been
good enough to test a small portion ; he says " I
obtained a negative result— no bone earth — from my
testing of the powder from your specimen of Longton
Hall porcelain. This involved further testings to see
that a similarly small quantity of Bow or later Chelsea
would give positive results — which they did."
It appears that the paste of the Longton Hall porce
lain has some affinity with the frit body of the early
Worcester, as well as that of the Chelsea before about
1759, from which date, Professor Church remarks,
" all the Chelsea ware was phosphatic ; that is, it
contained much bone-ash in the body."* Frpm its

* Cantor Lectures, On some Points of Contrast between the
Scientific and Artistic Aspects of Pottery and Porcelain, by Pro
fessor Church, M.A., 1880, p. 16. A great deal of interesting
and valuable information will be found in the fourth Lecture
relating to the materials employed at various periods in the com
position of English porcelain.

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commencement " the characteristic ingredients of Bow
porcelain were bone ash or phosphate of lime, which
subsequently came into general use throughout the
country." There are certain vases of early English make, well
known amongst collectors, having a similar rich blue
ground which have never been identified as to their
parentage and which might possibly prove to be Long-
ton Hall. They are about 85 inches in height, nearly
cylindrical in form with a wide trumpet-shaped lip,
heavy handles, and a generally high-shouldered ap
pearance. When found in sets of three, the centre
vase is taller and of more ordinary shape, the covers
ornamented with bold leafage. The decoration invari
ably consists of either figure subjects or a landscape on
one side, and a group of birds on the other ; they are
never marked and shew at the bottom three round spots
caused by the balls of clay on which they are fired.
They are not recognised as Worcester, the paste has
been tested and found to contain no phosphate or bone,
so that they are not likely to be Bow, and they certainly
bear no resemblance to anything similar known to have
been made at Chelsea.
The only other direct allusion by name to the Longton
Hall porcelain I have been able to find is contained in
an advertisement of May, 1757, in the Public Advertiser.
At a sale announced by Mb. Bellamy of the property of
Thomas Williams, who was a large dealer in china and
other Oriental curiosities in "Marybone" Street, Golden
Square, mention is made of " upwards of a hundred
thousand pieces of foreign China Ware, besides an
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England, of any Account, the largest Variety of the
Derby or Second Dresden, with Chelsea, Worcester)
Bow, Langton Hall, Birmingham, &c. Eemoved for
convenience of Sale to a large commodious House
near the Admiralty, Whitehall, formely known by the
name of Oliver Cromwell's Palace." About the same
time Hughes, the dealer in Pall Mall, advertises " A
great variety of Chelsea, Bow, Staffordshire, and Derby
shire Porcelain." The Longton Hall fabric was no
doubt included in the Staffordshire.
This mention of Birmingham porcelain I have no
where before met with, but it is evident that it had an
existence. Some slight allusions have been found to
attempts made at Stepney and Greenwich to produce
porcelain, but in the case of Birmingham actual speci
mens are not only announced for sale, but are included
amongst the better kinds by a dealer of repute. I have
failed to find any account or reference whatever to a
manufactory of porcelain at Birmingham at any period
between 1745 and 1761 ia Aris's Birmingham Gazette.
The advertisement issued in that paper by the Bow
proprietors in 1753 for fresh hands seems to show that
there were workmen there at that time who had pre
viously been employed in the manufacture of porcelain.
Birmingham, however, was then a sort of capital of the
Midland counties, and the Birmingham Gazette, pro
bably the chief medium of communication amongst, the
manufacturers and their men in the district. The fol
lowing advertisement is an illustration of this : it ap
peared in Aris's Birmingham Gazette on April 2, 1753.
Thomas Benton Agent for Mrs. Seaman, who furnishes
Enamel and China Painters with the fine Rose Colour,

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(commonly called the Best Red) desires to inform his
Customers, that he is removed from his House in High
Street, Birmingham, to Church Street ; where all Enamel
and China Painters may be furnish'd as usual, upon the
lowest Terms.
I have in my possession a cup painted in blue with a
figure of St. George and the Dragon inscribed Ann
Dunn, Birmghm- 1778, all under the glaze, but this
looks very much like a Worcester specimen.
A passage from the preface to the second edition of
Dossie's " Handmaid to the Arts" has often been quoted
to shew that several new manufactories of porcelain
were established in England about this time, but the
extract is not given in full. Dossie specifies the
number, and says, " When attempts are made to estab
lish five or six different manufactories." I have only
found one allusion to Liverpool porcelain. In a sale
held by Mr. Christie at Petersfield, in March, 1769, the
following occurs : —
Three bottles and two bowls of Liverpool china 8s.
After this nothing more is heard of the Longton Hall
porcelain works beyond the single advertisement of
Littler's in June, 1758. They perhaps shared the fate
of other early attempts and were found not to pay. The
rise and fall of the Longton Hall fabric, as far as we
know, were included in little more than two years.
Soon after it had probably been removed or merged into
the Derby, at least certain passages in the Derby adver
tisements seem to warrant that conclusion.

DERBY,

The earliest notice I have found of this manufactory
is contained in an advertisement of a sale by auction,
several times repeated, in the Public Advertiser during
the month of December, 1756. The sale lasted four
days, but only a portion of the articles sold was the
proceeds of the Derby fabric. No mention is made in
this advertisement of its being the first public sale by
auction as in the case of the first Chelsea and Longton
Hall Sales. It is just possible that the products now
offered for sale might have been the outcome of the
firm of Heath, Planche, and Duesbury, supposing the
Agreement already referred to applied to Derby and not
to Longton Hall, but the deed of partnership was only
dated in January of this year. That the Longton Hall
at this time must have been altogether distinct from
the Derby is evident from the fact that both these
manufactories had public sales going on concurrently in
the following spring.
The advertisement appears in the Public Advertiser
for Tuesday, December 14, 1756, and was inserted
several times. To be sold by Auction,
By MR. BELLAMY, »
By order of the Proprietors of the DERBY PORCELAIN
Manufactory, at a commodious House in Prince's-Street
Cavendish Square. This and the three following Days.
A Curious Collection of fine Figures, Jars, Sauceboats,
Services for Deserts, and great Variety of other useful and
ornamental Porcelain, after the finest Dresden models, all

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exquisitely painted in Enamel, with Flowers, Insects, India
Plants &c. together with a Parcel of China Ware, seized
and condemn'd in his Majesty's Court of Exchequer ; and
a large Quantity of China lackquered Ware, Pictures, and
Curiosities of a Captain of an East Indiaman, consisting of
a great Variety of useful and ornimental China, in Dishes
and Plates, compleat Tea Equipages, Jars, Beakers, and
Variety of fine India Dressing Boxes, and several Curio
sities. To be viewed to the Time of Sale, which will begin
punctually at half an Hour after Eleven. Catalogues to be
had the Day of Viewing at the Place of Sale.
This and the following Days will be sold some of the
finest of the Derby Porcelain and foreign China.
No further regular sales by public auction of the
Derby products seem to have taken place at this period
in London, but in the spring of 1757 at the time when
the first Bow and Longton Hall sales were held, and
when Sprimont's illness prevented his annual Chelsea
sale, we hear a great deal of the Derby manufactory,
whose speciality at that time certainly was figures.
Williams, a large dealer in porcelain, and afterwards
agent to the Derby manufactory, who had hitherto
carried on his business in Mary-bone-street, Golden-
square, removed his large stock to a commodious house
near the Admiralty in Whitehall for the purpose of sale,
which was conducted by Mr. Bellamy. The advertise
ment of this sale was continued for a month (see ante
p. lxiv. being the one already given in which the only
notices of Longton Hall and Birmingham appear).
The sale apparently contained a good deal of Derby
as the first item mentioned in the advertisement is " the
largest Variety of the Derby or second Dresden ;" a
prominent feature too seems to have been the Derby
figures as will be seen in the second of the two following

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paragraphs from the Public Advertiser which relate to
this sale.
" We are informed that Tomorrow, will begin the great
China Sale at Oliver Cromwell's Palace near the Admiralty,
Whitehall, and that there is allowed by the Quality and
Gentry, to be the greatest Choice of curious China, both
Foreign and of our own Manufacture, they ever saw ex- ,
hibited to public View. This will be the last Day of
viewing the whole Collection together." May 16 — 1757.
"At the large Auction Room facing Craig's-court near
the Admiralty, Whitehall, there were Numbers of Quality
and Gentry, who expressed great satisfaction at seeing the
extensive Number of foreign, and the great Variety of the
English China Manufactories ; and admired at the great
Perfection the Derby Figures in particular, are arrived to,
that many good Judges could not distinguish them from
the real Dresden. This is the first day of the said Sale."
May 17—1757.
The first reliable notice of anything of importance
produced at Derby hitherto given, as far as I am aware,
relates to a consignment of Derby products sent to
London in 1763, but it is clear that important works
were carried on several years earlier. Derby figures,
said to be nearly as good as Dresden, were sold in
London in 1756. The paragraph praising these things
may have been something of a puff, still they must have
been sufficiently good to be so called at a time when
Chelsea, Bow, and other figures were being ' made,
whilst the Dresden examples of that period were
amongst the finest ever produced. The connoisseurs in
London probably knew perfectly well what was good at
that time.
The question now arises, what, and where, are these
" second Dresden" Derby Figures of 1756 and 1757 ?
They cannot all have disappeared. The only acknow-

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ledged Derby figures now met with as far as I know are
of a much later date. The most probable suggestion I
can offer is that at least a portion of the early works
now attributed to Bow may be really early Derby. It
will be seen that in the Bow advertisement of this year
figures are not mentioned at all, although some must
have been included in the sale, as they are alluded to in
a subsequent paragraph amongst other things (see ante
pp. xiv. — vi.). Again, the memoranda of the Bow
manager made at this particular time and printed by
Mr. Chaffers from Lady Charlotte Schreiber's manu
scripts shew that the figures mentioned are few and not
important. Nor do the marks of this period help much
towards the identification of specimens ; with the excep
tion of the Chelsea anchor and the much later Derby
symbol there is no certainty as to what particular fac
tories many of the known marks on figures are to be
attributed. The only remaining notices of the Derby
manufactory are contained in the Public Advertiser of
this year.
The following announcement appears on January 28,
1758, and again on February 11, &c, by which it will
be seen that the London trade transactions were now
entrusted to Mr. Thomas Williams.
The Proprietors of the Derby China Company beg leave
to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry that they have fix'd
their Porcelain to be sold by their Factor, Mr. Williams, at
his large Foreign China Warehouse up one Pair of Stairs,
formerly known by the Name of Oliver Cromwel's Drawing-
Room, facing Craigg's Court, near the Admiralty,* consisting
* This possibly indicates the spot where Oliver Cromwell's house
stood j the exact locality has not been ascertained. The Protector
lived, in a house in King Street in 1649. The whole route from
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of great Variety of Figures, the nearest the Dresden, and
several curious Pieces for Deserts, and all mark'd at the
Factory's lowest Prices. As with great Care and Expence,
this Factory is allow'd by all Judges to exceed any Thing of
the kind made in England, and the great Demand there is
for them, has encouraged the Proprietors to enlarge their
Manufactory, and have engaged double the Number of
Hands they used to employ, which will enable them to send
to the said Warehouse every Week great Variety of new •
Goods, and much cheaper than any Thing of equal Quality
made in England. The said Proprietors hope all Gentlemen
and Ladies according to the Merit the said War,e deserves,
will please to encourage their Undertakings, by sending for
their Orders to the said Warehouse, where all their Com
mands will be duly observed and carefully executed, by
Gentlemen and Ladies, your most obedient humble Servant
to command, Thomas Williams,
Factor for the Derby Porcelain Company.
There will be allow'd as great Encouragement to Dealers
in this Manufactory as any in England.
To be sold at the said Warehouse, the greatest Variety of
Foreign China, India Dressing-Boxes, and Fans; and by
Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies there is a Door
open'd in Spring-Gardens.
As nothing further is heard of the Longton Hall
works, and as from this time Heath and Duesbury are
known to have been connected with Derby, it seems
very probable that the changes made in the above
advertisement mark the period of the fusion of the
two factories, supposing that event to have taken place.
It will be observed that the announcement of the sale
in December, 1756, came from " The Proprietors of the
Derby Porcelain Manufactory." They are now styled
" The Proprietors of the Derby China Company," and
the advertisement also alludes to the enlargement of
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On March 6th, 1758, Mr. Williams announces " that
he has this day unpacked the greatest Variety of new
Figures from Derby, allowed by several good Judges
to be the nearest to Dresden, and several curious
Wares in Leaves, Baskets, &c. for Deserts, finely
painted in Dresden Flowers, and all warranted the
true Enamel." These " curious wares in Leaves,
Baskets &c." might very well be a portion of the re
maining Longton Hall stock.
The next paragraph from the Public Advertiser for
April 6, 1758, closes the London notices of the Derby
manufactory. 'Tis assured that the large China Warehouse facing
Craig's-court, Charing-Cross, must now soon be pull'd down
to widen the Way, by Order of the Hon. the Commissioner,
Mr. Williams having received Warning to quit the Premises
in a short Time. There is to be sold at the above
Warehouse the greatest Variety in England of the Derby
Porcelain or Second Dresden, foreign China, &c. All
Gentlemen and Ladies that have not seen that antient
Building and Drawing-Room, formerly call'd Oliver Crom
well's, may now have that Opportunity as well as of pur
chasing any small Quantity of the said Ware exceeding
cheap, rather than risque the moving of them &c.
During the next ten or twelve years I find no allusion
to the Derby manufactory in any London journals, nor
is Derby porcelain often found in any of the sales by
auction during this period. It is not until 1770, when
Duesbury succeeded Sprimont in the Chelsea works,
that any mention is again made of the manufactory.
From this time the Chelsea and Derby auctions were
frequent ; full details of these sales will be found in the
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sales by auction previous to the junction of the two
factories are as follows : —
In 1767 A pair of fine large Derby enamelled comic figures
il. is.
„ A pair of Derby figure candlesticks of a shepherd
and a shepherdess 15s. 6d.
„ A pair of Derby enamelled Candlesticks, Mars
and Venus il. is.
„ A pair of Derby enamelled candlesticks, as gar
dener and companion 2I. 2s.
1768 A pair of fine enamel'd Derby figures (no price
given)
1768 Two Darby oval baskets 18s.
1770 Four Derby jars il. 3s.
„ Three Derby jars and covers il. 2s.
In 1819, at the sale of the collection of Queen
Charlotte, the following specimens of Derby porcelain
were disposed of : —
An ewer and bason of Derby Porcelain, with basket of
flowers, Mazarine blue and gold, and a pair of
Flower pots painted with subjects of a miser and
beggar 7?. e,s. Mrs. Hicks
A pair of beautiful bowls, of Derby China, with bouquets
and sprigs of natural flowers, with pierced globular
tops and lids for flowers on Tripod feet and plinths
61. 6s. Grant

WORCESTER,

There are very few notices in the London Newspapers
of the last century relating to the earlier period of the
Worcester manufactory. Although established in 1751
it was only in 1756 that any allusion to it is found.
In the Public Advertiser for March 20th, 1756, is
the following : —
The Proprietors of the Worcester China Manufacture, for
the better accommodation of Merchants and Traders, have
open'd a Warehouse at London House, Aldersgate Street
London, where they may be supplied every day, between
the hours of nine in the morning and three in the afternoon,
with a Sortment of Goods, wholesale on the most reason
able Terms.
i^1 Orders are likewise taken, and executed with Despatch,
for Home and Foreign Trade.
In Aris's Birmingham Gazette of February 27, 1758,
is the following Advertisement : —
Notice (0 fjm&g glow
THAT all Dealers may be supplied with WORCESTER
PORCELAIN, in Variety of assortments, at the Ware
house, in Aldersgate-Street London ; and at the Manufac
tory in the City of Worcester.
Nothing more relating to Worcester occurs for some
years. This Factory had a London Warehouse at
London House, Aldersgate Street, from 1756 to the
end of 1767. It was afterwards removed to Gough
Square near Feet Street.
In the Public Advertiser of Dec. 19th, 1767, appears
the following paragraph : —
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Proprietors of the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory having
moved some thousand Pounds. Worth of their best Wares,
from their Warehouse in the City to the large Exhibition
Room, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross, the chief Manager
of the said Room, by order of the said Proprietors, hath
marked the lowest Prices on each Sample of the said Ware,
the same as at their Manufactory at Worcester, with the
usual Discount to Trades,
This Manufactory is more esteemed by real Judges than
any other making in this Kingdom, being arrived at such
great Beauty and Perfection. The Nobility and Gentry,'
who want particular Patterns of fine Goods made, are
desired to leave their Orders in Time at the said Room, as
the Reasonableness of the Prices makes them have so great
a Demand, that they have now more to execute than they
can perform for some Time.
This was followed very soon after by the following
advertisement from one Giles, a dealer, who assumed a
sort of agency of the Worcester porcelain in London,
and who was in the habit of painting and enamelling
plain Worcester pieces ; this accounts for the existence
of a good many nondescript specimens evidently of
Worcester body, but having a style of decoration un
known at the Worcester factory.
The announcement appears in the Public Advertiser
for Jan. 28, 1768 :—
J. Giles, China and Enamel Painter, Proprietor of the
Worcester Porcelaine Warehouse, up one Pair of Stairs in
Cockspur Street, facing the Lower End of the Haymarket,
begs Leave to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry &c, that the
said Warehouse is daily opened with a great Variety of
Articles of the said Manufactory, useful and ornamental,
curiously painted in the Dresden, Chelsea, and Chinese
Tastes, superior to any thing before exhibited to the Public
on that Porcelaine.
As the enamelling Branch is performed in London by the
said J. Giles, and under his Inspection, this Warehouse will
be daily supplied with a Variety of new Goods, which will
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Town, with the usual Discount to the Trade. As the
Proprietor has a great Variety of white Goods by him,
Ladies and Gentlemen may depend upon having their
Commands executed immediately, and painted to any
Pattern they shall chuse.
This advertisement of Giles' was evidently issued
without the concurrence of the Proprietors of the
Worcester factory, for it is repeated in another form
on April 14, 1768, leaving out the words, "Proprietor
of the Worcester Porcelain Warehouse." A few days
after, the Worcester authorities retorted in another
paragraph, which is noteworthy, as it shows at what
time certain Chelsea workmen migrated to Worcester.
This importation of Chelsea artists had a considerable
influence on the higher class of articles made there.
Mr. Binns, in his exhaustive History of that manufac
tory,* thought it might have taken place in 1763, when
Sprimont was in ill health and the Chelsea works were
then erroneously supposed to have been about to close.
The paragraph runs as follows : —
Exhibition Room, Spring Gardens, Charing Cross. As
several of the Nobility and Gentry &c. have lately been
disappointed of seeing the large and curious Collection of
the Worcester China Manufactory; as some of their Ware is
advertised at another Room, painted in London, the chief
Proprietor and acting Manager has sent some thousand
Pounds Worth of the said Ware from their late Warehouse
in Aldersgate Street, to be sold in the same Exhibition
Room, where will be sent every Week, new Variety of the
finest Goods. Curious Patterns that are wanted will be
made in a short time not to be distinguished from the
Original, as the Proprietors have engaged the best Painters
from Chelsea, &c. Any orders will be executed in the
highest taste and much cheaper than can be afforded by
any Painters in London.
* A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester, By R. W.
Binns, f.s.a. 2nd ed. ; p. 88.

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It was in all probability at this time (1768), that
certain important suites of Worcester vases were
painted in figure subjects of considerable artistic excel
lence in the style of the best Chelsea decoration. The
fine series painted by Donaldson and now in the Eoths-
child collection is of this character. A remarkably fine
set of three was sold at Messrs. Christie's rooms in
1879; they were painted in medallions of horsemen and
figures in the style of Wouvermans, and are said to
have cost their owner £700 each. Another suite was
lately sold at the same place, signed by the artist,
" O'Neals pinxt. ,•" the subjects were Combats of
Animals, less well painted than the preceding. O'Neale
probably decorated a fine tea service, in which a different
animal is represented on each piece. His name is
found also on the remains of a fine set of Worcester
vases exhibited in the late Philadelphia exhibition, said
to have belonged to Washington, painted in animal
subjects. He afterwards worked for Duesbury at
Chelsea between 1770 and 1773. The writer once had
in his possession a pair of very finely painted plates in
landscapes and signed C. C. Fogo, with the date 1768.
All these examples have a rich plain gros-bleu ground
with elaborate gilding, and bear generally the square
Worcester mark.
In 1769 the Worcester Proprietors had two large
sales by public Auction in London. The first lasted
eight days, and from the elaborate nature of the articles
mentioned and the richness and variety of the colours
employed, it is not difficult to trace the influence of the
Chelsea painters lately engaged.
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ment, but it is merely one of the compressed notices
usually issued during the progress of the sale and
relates to the last three days of the auction only. The
announcement appears in the Public Advertiser of
May 5, 1769, and is often repeated.
To be Sold by Auction,
By MR. BURNSALL,
At his Auction Room in Berkley-square by Order of the
Proprietors of the WORCESTER PORCELANE
MANUFACTORY. This and seven following days.
The large and very valuable Collection of the said Worcester
Porcelain Manufactory; consisting of complete Table and
Desert Services, Leaves, Compotiers, Tea and Coffee Equi
pages, Baskets, Vases, Perfume Pots, Jars, Beakers, Cisterns,
Tureens, Porringers, Bowls, &cj in the beautiful Colours of
Mazarine Blue and Gold, Sky blue, Pea-green, French-
green, Sea-green, Purple, Scarlet, and other Variety of
Colours, richly decorated with chased and burnished Gold ;
and many other Articles both useful and ornamental. The
whole enamelled- in the highest Taste, and curiously
painted in Figures, Birds, Landscapes, Flowers, Fruits &c.
Note. The Proprietors of the said Porcelaine Manufac
tory beg Leave to assure the Nobility, Gentry, and others,
that this is a genuine Sale, and nothing introduced but what <
is their Property.
Catalogues to be had at the Company's Warehouse in
Gough-square, near Fleet Street &*c.
It is unfortunate that no record of this sale by
Burnsall exists as it probably contained some of the
finer things made at Worcester at this time.
The second sale of six days took place in December
of 1769. In this case the catalogue is fortunately pre
served. A reprint of all the lots of any importance,
omitting only the repetitions, will be found in page 93
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things made at Worcester as the announcement of the
sale states that a great part of it was intended for the
trade. The mention too in the advertisement that
Figures were included in the sale is misleading, as no
figures at all appear in the catalogue. The announce
ment of this sale will be found in the Public Advertiser
of December 1769. To be Sold by Auction,
By MR. CHRISTIE
At his Great Room in Pall Mall. On Wednesday, the 13th
Instant, and the five following Days,
A large and elegant Assortment of the Worcester
Porcelaine ; consisting of a great Variety of Table Desert
and Tea Services, rich sets of Jars and Beakers, Figures,
Bowls, Basons, and other Articles ; great Part of which are
calculated in Lots to suit the Trade.
To be viewed ; Catalogues had &c.
A considerable portion of the lots in this sale
consists of transfer-printed wares described as "jet
enamelled," on a white ground. The three subjects
at this time in common use were the well known Tea
Table, The Milkmaids, and a design called L' Amour, a
pastoral scene in which a gallant is seen kissing a
lady's hand. These were very likely designed by
Hancock, and some of them were used by him at
the Battersea enamel works before he removed to
Worcester. A good many other pastoral subjects very delicately
engraved are found transferred to Worcester porcelain,
but these designs are in most cases not original. I
have in my possession an engraving of a picture by
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two seated figures, a youth crowning his lover with
flowers ; I have also a Battersea enamelled snuff-box
on which the same subject is repeated, also a Worcester
transfer-printed bason on which the design is again
copied.. There is besides another picture by Watteau
known as the Sentimental Promenaders, but engraved
under the name of La Cascade, in which a gentleman
and lady are standing by a fountain, — these figures are
again found copied and printed on a pair of Battersea
candlesticks, and as before, reproduced on a Worcester
tea service. Another subject much used at Worcester,
a milkmaid and a shepherd with his dog leaning
against a tree, is taken from a picture painted by
Gainsborough and engraved by Vivares in 1760. In
Dr. Mandl's collection of Delft exhibited at the last
Paris exhibition, was a fine plate on which was painted
in blue camai'eu the original of a subject sometimes
found on Worcester transfer, namely a standing male
figure playing the bagpipes to a lady reclining on a
bank. At an early period of the Worcester manufactory
before the practice of transfer printing had been intro
duced, some tea sets, the cups of which were very small
and without handles, were painted by hand in Indian
ink, which had a general resemblance to the later jet-
printed pieces. At this time the paste was of very fine
quality, being as good as oriental egg-shell. The
subjects painted were usually Chinese landscapes with
figures. The writer has a saucer of this kind with the
border painted by hand, and in the centre an early
Chinese subject in transfer signed by Hancock.
From the following announcement it would appear

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that Mr, Giles continued to decorate Worcester por
celain to a considerable extent.
To be Sold by Auction
By MR. BARFORD,
On the Premises this Day, May 2, 1770, and the following
Days,
All the genuine and valuable Stock of Worcester China, at
the large Warehouse in Cockspurrstreet, near Mt. Pinch
beck's; the Whole consisting of elegant Desert Services,
fine Tea Sets, Caudles, &c, curiously enamelled in Figures,
Birds, Flowers, &c. and ornamented with Mazarine and Sky
Blue and Gold. To be viewed, Catalogues had, &c.
Every Article in this Sale is the sole Property, and has
been enamelled in London by and under the Direction of
the Proprietor of the said Warehouse, who having at present
a large Quantity of white China, continues to execute all
Orders to any Pattern, at the shortest Notice, and may be
spoke with daily at the above Warehouse.
Allusion has already been made to a favorite design
of Boulton, of the Soho works, for mounting artistic
objects of pottery or porcelain in or-molu. Wedgwood
entered somewhat unwillingly into the scheme ; sub
sequently Boulton and Fothergill opened some com
munication with the Worcester proprietors for the same
purpose. Wedgwood in a letter to Bentley in 1773
says in reference to an application from Boulton for
white cameos, " B. and F. have concerns with the
Worcester people. If we refuse to let them have the
cameos in white, they may set these gentry to work."
The following lots, with prices attached, are taken
from various sale Catalogues. In May, 1773,
A desart Service of the Worcester porcelane of the old
Japan pattern consisting of 1 large compotier, 4 ditto
dishes, 4 Hart shaped, two ditto less, 4 square ditto
and 24 plates 14/. 3s. 6cl.
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At the Earl of Kerry's sale in March, 1778 :—
A Tea and Coffee Equipage, of the Worcester porcelaine,
enriched with claret colour'd stripes, green flowers,
and mazarine blue and gold border, containing 49
pieces 81. x8s. 6d.
A very extensive tea, coffee, and chocolate equipage of the
Worcester porcelain, pea green, twisted handles,
enrich'd gold scollop'd border, consisting of 85
pieces 5Z. 10s.
In 1783 Mr. Thos. Morgan, China-man, late of
Dover Street, Piccadilly, had a large sale of his reserved
stock; the " distinguished English factories" mentioned
in the advertisement are Old Chelsea, Worcester, Derby,
Bristol, and Salopian. Amongst the Worcester lots
are : —
Six Worcester straw ground chocolate cups ahd saucers
painted in birds il. 10s.*
A Worcester desert service enamelled, pink, green, and
gold, 9 comports various sizes, 4 fruit baskets, 2
sugar basons covers and stands and 24 plates
nl. os. 6d.
Twelve Worcester coffee cups and saucers, enamelled scarlet
dragon-pattern and pea green border 2I. is.
A capital desert service of Worcester, enriched with pea
green mosaic, burnished gold, mazarine blue, &c.
containing 18 comports of various shapes, 2 sugar
basons covers and stands, and spoons, and 24 plates
III. us.
In the sale of Queen Charlotte's effects in 1819 the
following are found : —
A vase and _ cover of Worcester porcelain painted with
historical subjects, and a pair of two-handled vases
with Egyptian ornaments 81. 16 s.
* In Mr. Percy Robins' fine collection of Worcester porcelain,
sold by Messrs. Christie in 1874, " a paie of two-handled cups
and saucees, canary ground, painted with exotic birds and
insects," sold for £59.

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A pair of handsome vases of Worcester porcelain, mazarine
blue, painted in compartments with flowers and gilt
snake handles, and a pair of smaller two-handled
ditto painted with landscapes 2I. 16s.
A small inkstand and a pair of Tripod vases, the pattern
blue and gold with flowers and pearls, of Flight and
Barr's Manufactory, and 4 other pieces 81. 15&
Mrs. W. Freemantle
A small vase and cover of biscuit with festoons and flowers
of exquisite relief, and glass shade, and a cup and
saucer of modern Worcester porcelain, with Portrait
of His present Majesty, with glass shade 61. 6s.
Wilkinson

BRISTOL,

The city of Bristol seems to have been connected
with the potter's art in some form or other from an
early period. Mr. Owen, in his excellent history of
these fabrics,* has made several allusions to an early
effort to produce hard porcelain at some time previous
to Champion's establishment. Whatever this manufac
tory might have been, it was given up before February,
1766, as at that date Champion writes, in reference to
some experiments about to be tried on the South
Carolina clay, "I had it tried at a Manufactory set up
here some time ago, on the principle of the Chinese
Porcelain ; but not being successful is given up." Mr.
Owen has quoted an example of this early fabric, a bowl
with the date 1762 and the initials of Francis Brittan,
for whom it was believed to have been made by his
brother John Brittan, afterwards the manager of
Champion's works; it is now in possession of Mr.
Kite, of Devizes, who is a great-grandson of Francis.
Mr. Kite, who is also an intelligent archaeologist,
has since made more minute family researches and
finds that John Brittan was born at Devizes in 1735,
which place he left in early life and settled at Bristol.
A plate bearing his initials J. B. with the date 1753
and given by him to his only sister, was, till within the
last few years, in the possession of her grand-daughter,
a lady still living. The plate was of the same kind as
* Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol, by Hugh Owen,
F.S.A., 1873.

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the bowl dated 1762, the decoration consisted of
Chinese figures somewhat roughly painted in blue, with
some running of the colour into the glaze. This
carries back the date of this early attempt by some
years. John Brittan seems to have given specimens of
his art to each of his relations at Devizes ; another
example is in existence in the form of a cup with the
Brittan arms painted in colours.
J. Brittan was probably connected, in some way or
other, with this manufactory at Bristol from an early
period and would thus be well qualified to become
afterwards the manager of Champion's works. In his
evidence given in support of Champion's application to
Parliament for a prolongation of his patent, Brittan
says, " That he has great Experience in several China
Manufactures." In another place Champion states
that " he has the experience of the manager of his
works, a person bred in the potteries, and thoroughly
conversant in manufactures of this kind."
Mr. Brittan continued to reside in Bristol after por
celain had ceased to be made there. In an indenture
dated 1785 relating to some purchase of land, he is
described as " John Brittan, of the out Parish of
St. James, in the County of Gloucester, and City of
Bristol, Gentleman."
The following advertisement, although it does not
perhaps relate to Porcelain, is interesting, as it seems
to shew that Earthenware was made at Bristol many
years earlier than 1787, the date usually assigned to its
first introduction by Joseph Bing (see Note in Mr.
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The notice appears in Aris's Birmingham Gazette
on July 30, 1759.
Wanted a sober careful Man, who is well qualified as a
Thrower in the Mottled and Cloudy Earthen Ware. If he
is inclined to settle not a great Way from Bristol, will meet
with great encouragement by applying to John Griffiths on
the Back in Bristol ; or Mr. David Hughes Ironmonger in
Temple Street Birmingham, where he may hear of such
encouragement as will be agreeable to him ; and provided
he is careful and industrious, it will be made worth his
while. As no record however appears of earthenware, other
than Delft pottery, being made at Bristol until 1787, it
is just possible that the workman required had reference
to the early manufacture of porcelain already alluded
to. The services of an experienced potter would doubt
less be equally available for a newly established porce
lain factory.
In Messrs. Christie's series of catalogues are pre
served the particulars of a sale of Bristol porcelain held
in London in February, 1780. As so little is known
of the details of this manufactory the catalogue has
been reprinted entire, see Appendix page 101. We
learn from Mr. Owen that at this time Champion,
despairing of being able to bring to a profitable issue
the years of labour and great cost he had expended in
perfecting his hard paste porcelain, was casting about
for some means of disposing of the Bristol works. A
few months before this time the somewhat sudden
death of his eldest daughter caused Champion great
grief. A monumental statuette in porcelain commemo
rating his loss is dated 1779, and is the latest of his
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The following advertisement of the sale appeared in
the Public Advertiser for January 27, 1780, and sub
sequent days : — To be Sold by Auction,
By Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSELL,
At their Great Room (the Royal Academy in Pall-mall) on
Monday the 28th of February, and the two following Days.
The Valuable Stock of the BRISTOL CHINA MANU
FACTORY ; consisting of an extensive Variety of elegant
Patterns in Tea and Coffee Equipages, Cabinet and Caudle
Cups, Dejunes, Desert Services, &c. in the newest and most
approved Taste. Likewise an Assortment of Medallions of
curious China Flowers, accurately modelled, and highly
finished. To be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the Sale.
Catalogues may be then had.
Some time before the actual sale the following addi
tion was made to the advertisement : —
N.B. In the former Advertisement there was a mistake
in mentioning this to be the Stock of Bristol China Manu
factory, it being only a Collection of very valuable Pieces
manufactured at that Place.
It is to be feared that the results of this sale did
not tend to raise Champjon's spirits, the prices realised
were, in most instances, small; the sale, with few
exceptions, was attended only by dealers, forming a
great contrast to the fashionable gathering in the same
room a short time after, when the better-known Dues
bury's Derby-Chelsea sale was being carried on. It
should be mentioned, however, that the sale catalogue
of 1780 did not contain any of the fine hexagonal and
other vases made at Bristol, a few specimens of which
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any quantity, nor is there any allusion to the fine figures
known to have been produced there. The medallions
mentioned were apparently confined to flower groups in
biscuit ; the very beautiful examples, such as are still
to be found, enclosing Portraits and Coats of Arms,
were most likely only made for private use. The great
beauty and delicacy of modelling found in these biscuit
flowers are triumphs of Champion's art in hard paste.
A few years ago the writer sent a very fine and perfect
plaque to an exhibition at the Alexandra Palace ; this
passed through the fire which destroyed that building
without the smallest injury as far as the second firing
was concerned — an unwelcome proof of the perfection of
Champion's hard paste — for though it was a good deal
injured from carelessness after the fire, it did not suffer
in the smallest degree from the intense heat it had
undergone ; it was found surrounded by a fused mass
of conglomerate made up of glass and soft paste
porcelain. From an announcement in a Bristol newspaper of
1782 we are enabled to fix the exact date of the final
closing of Champion's establishment in Castle Green.
It was on April 9th of this year that he was appointed
by Burke a Deputy.Paymaster-General.
In Felix Farley's Bristol Journal of April 27, 1782,
is the following advertisement, several times repeated.
CHINA.
To be sold by Hand, on Monday the 29th of April
Instant, at the late Manufactory in Castle-Green, the re
maining Stock of Enamel, Blue and White, and White
Bristol China. The Manufactory being removed into
the North,— The Time of Sale is each Day from Ten till
One, and from Two till Six.

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In the same Journal of May 25 the following addition
is made to the advertisement : —
igg" The above sale was unavoidably obliged to be post
poned, but it will now continue till all are sold.
Specimens of Bristol porcelain are frequently found
in collections offered for sale about this time. Amongst
the many good things in the sale catalogue of Samuel
Foote the comedian, in 1778, occur
Five handle chocolate cups and saucers of the Bristol por
celaine, and six Derby ditto 2I. 4s.
In the sale of the stock of Mr. Hussey, of Coventry
Street, China-man, in 1781, we find : —
ABristol desert set of 17 compotiers and 18 plates, 161. 5s. 6d.
Six chocolates and saucers, very rich Bristol 2I. 17s.
A fine Bristol tea set 61. 16s. 6d.
A fine blue Bristol do 61.
In a similar sale of the reserved Stock of Mr. Thomas
Morgan, China-man, late of Dover Street, Piccadilly, in
1783, are :—
Five double handle cups, covers and saucers of the Bristol
Manufactory, enameled in green and gold il. 17s.
A tea and coffee equipage of the Bristol Manufactory beau
tifully enamelled and enriched with gold 50 pieces
81. 15s.
Two Bristol cabinet cups and saucers, Seve pattern 13s.
Amongst the effects of " A Man of Fashion" in 1783
are found : —
Six matchless chocolate handle cups and saucers il. us. 6d.
Six fine handle cups and saucers with crimson bands il. 5s.
Twelve barrel shaped handle cups il. 5 s.
Six green bell-shape breakfast cups and saucers, a butter tub
and stand 15s. 6d.
Three fine green husk-pattern chocolate cups and stands,
and a broth basin and stand il. 3s.
m

Four white and gold coffee cups and stands 3 patterns, and
1 1 ice cups' 1 1. 4s.
Two chocolate cups and stands with green husks, a sugar
dish and cover, and four crimson band handle
chocolate cups and saucers 16s. 6d.

The passion for collecting Porcelain and Pottery
probably arose at the end of the 17th century, when
the fashion was set by Mary the Consort of William III.,
who was able to command the produce of the Delft
manufactories as well as the large Dutch importations
of Oriental porcelain. This want could only be thus
supplied until about the middle of the 18th century
when the English and Foreign factories became well
known. An amusing instance of this change is found
in the Adventurer of Nov. 20, 1753, where an account
is given of an imaginary visit to Bedlam, with the
causes that produced the craze of each inmate.
You wonder to see that cell beautified with Chinese vases
and urns. It is inhabited by that famous virtuoso lady
Harriet Brittle, whose opinion was formerly decisive at all
auctions, where she was usually appealed to about the
genuineness of porcelain. She purchased at an exorbitant
price a Mandarin and a Jos, that were the envy of all the
female connoisseurs, and were allowed to be inestimable.
They were to be placed at the upper end of a little rock-
work temple of Chinese architecture, in which neither
propriety, proportion, nor true beauty, were considered, and
were carefully packed up in different boxes ; but the brutish
waggoner happening to overturn his carriage, they were
crushed to pieces. The poor lady's understanding could
not survive so irreparable a loss ; and her relations, to
soothe her passion, had provided those Chelsea urns with
which she has decorated her chamber, and which she
believes to be the true Nanquin.
About the middle of the last century the public sales

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of porcelain became somewhat frequent, but were
attended principally by dealers, then styled China-men.
Some years later it became the fashion for persons of
quality to frequent sales and make purchases for them
selves ; this practice culminated about 1780. In Dues
bury's sale of Derby and Chelsea porcelain in 178$, the
following distinguished persons were present and became
purchasers. Dr. Johnson, the Duchess of Portland,
Lady Bute, Sir Abraham Hume, Lord Fitzwilliam, Lady
Weymouth, Lady Essex, Lady Cornwall, the Duchess
of Ancaster, Sir Joseph Banks, and many others.
The favourite locality then, as now, was Mr. Christie's
large room. At that time the large new room in Pall
Mall occupied by Mr. James Christie,* was situated on
the western portion of the present War Office. The
writer is informed by Mr. Christie that a great feature
in the more important sales, towards the end of the last
century, was the private view day. This was a fashion-
* James Christie, the celebrated Auctioneer and founder of the
present firm of Christie, Manson, and Woods, was born in 1730,
and died in Pall Mall in 1803.
In the second Exhibition of National Portraits held in 1867,
there was a Portrait of him by Gainsborough. A half-length,
standing,' leaning on a picture ; painted for and presented to Mr.
Christie by Gainsborough, his friend, in 1778. Gainsborough
made a request that this portrait should be hung in the great
Sale Room, avowedly for the purpose of drawing the public atten
tion to his name as a Portrait Painter. The western wing of
Schomberg House, in Pall Mall, was inhabited by Gainsborough
from 1777 to 1783. This portrait of the original founder of the
firm continued to be hung in the King Street Rooms until 1846.
The first notice I find of Mr. Christie's name as Auctioneer is in
the Public Advertiser of July 21, 1763. This was a good sale of
effects at a large house (about to be pulled down) in St. James'
Square ; no address is given. The earliest catalogues now pre
served in King Street date from 1766, but Mr. James Christie,
previous to this time, as afterwards, was largely engaged in the
sales of estates and transfer of land, as abundantly appears in
advertisements of the newspapers of that period.

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able lounge where persons of distinction congregated in
great numbers. During the season when any remark
able collections were on view occasional evening recep
tions took place : the great room was then lighted up,
and persons of quality attended in such large numbers
that an official from the Opera was stationed at the
entrance to prevent the intrusion of those not belonging
to the fashionable world. The last of these evening
receptions was held when Watson Taylor's pictures
were on view.
It is quite possible that there may be still some
important matter connected with the history of English
porcelain to be found indirectly and scattered about
amongst the numerous public prints of the last century.
Few things are more amusing than going through the
quaint advertisements and miscellaneous gossip to be
found in the London newspapers of a hundred to a
hundred and fifty years ago. For the almost complete
series of newspapers of that time now found in the
British Museum, we are indebted in great part to Dr.
Charles Burney, the author of the " History of Music,"
who during his long life, which extended from 1726 to
1814, carefully preserved and bound up the advertising
newspapers of his time.
I cannot conclude these rather miscellaneous " Con
tributions" without thanking my friends, Mr. Franks
for his ever ready help, and Mr. Baphael W. Bead, of
Salisbury, for the infinity of trouble he has taken in
arranging the details Of the reprinting of the old Cata
logues, &c. — with what admirable success the reader
can judge for himself.

APPENDIX.

APPENDIX.

CONTENTS.
PAG]
Last Sale Catalogue of the Chelsea Porcelain of Mr.
N. Sprimont, 1770  1
First Sale Catalogue of the Chelsea and Derby
Porcelain of Messrs- Duesbury & Co., 1771 ... 15
Extracts from Sale Catalogue, Part I., Chelsea and
Derby Porcelain, 1773  37
Extracts from Part IL, same year  43
Extracts from Sale Catalogue, Part I., of a portion
of the remaining stock of Chelsea Porcelain,
1778  48
Extracts from Part IL, same year  51
Extracts from Sale Catalogue of the remaining
Porcelain, 1779  54

Extracts from Sale Catalogue Derby and Chelsea
Porcelain, 1780  57
Extracts from Ditto, Ditto, 1781  62
Extracts from Ditto, Ditto, 1782  66
Extracts from Ditto, Ditto, 1783  ... 72

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Extracts from the Sale Catalogue of the Finished
and Unfinished Stock of Chelsea Porcelain,
on the Premises Lawrence Street, near the
Church, Chelsea, 1783  79
Extracts from a Sale Catalogue of Derby and Chelsea
Porcelain, 1784  84
Extracts from Duesbury's Annual Catalogue of his
Derby Porcelain, 1785  85
Extracts from a Sale Catalogue of Worcester Por
celain, 1769   93
Sale Catalogue of Bristol Porcelain, 1780  101

A
CATALOGUE OF ALL THE*
Remaining curious and truly matchless Pieces
of the
CHELSEA PORCELAINE,
CONSISTING OF
Beautiful Vases, Antique Urns, Perfume-Pots,
Table and Desert Services, Tea and Coffee
Equipages, Compoteers, Leaves and Candle
sticks, with exquisite Devices, and different
Shapes, Variety of Figures, very large and
curious Groups, (particularly, two of the Ro
man Charity), beautiful Toilet Boxes of various
Shapes and Sizes, and other Articles ; many of
them in the Mazarine blue, crimson, Pea-green,
and Gold, ' and painted with Figures, Birds,
Fruit and Flowers, &c.
Which, by Order of Mr. NICHOLAS SPRIMONT, will be
sold by AUCTION,
By Mr. CHRISTIE,
At his GREAT ROOM, Pall Mall,
On WEDNESDAY the 14th Instant, and the three following
Days.
To be viewed on Monday and Tuesday, the 12 th and 13th
Instant, and to the Time of Sale, which will begin at
Twelve o'Clock each Day.
CATALOGUES may be had at the Bank Coffee-House, and
of Mr. Christie, Pail-Mall.
N. B. The Public may be assured that this will
positively be the last SALE of the Produce
of that Distinguished Manufactory, the
Molds, Kilns, Models, &c. being sold to Mr.
Duesbury of Def-by.

A
CATALOGUE, &c.

FIRST D AY'S SALE.
WEDNESDAY, February 14, 1770.
Lot
1 T~^OUR figures of Cupids on pedestals 16s. 6d.
2 \f Three honey-comb jars, pea-green and gold il. is.
3 Twelve small desert vases 5 s. 6d.
4 Five small vases, with jessamine and orange flowers 18s. 6d.
5 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern . il. 15s.
6 A pair of hand-candlesticks 7s. 6d.
7 A pair of toilette pots with flower-tops 10s. 6d.
8 Four cabbage leaves 18s. 6d.
9 A pair of candlesticks, with fox and dogs il. its.
10 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker 17 s.
11 Four twelve scollop'd compoteers il. is.
12 Four ditto 8s.
13 Three double-leaved compoteers, and one octagon ditto 12s.
14 Twelve small desert vases 7s. 6d.
15 A pair of candlesticks, with goats 19s.
16 Two bird-nests in a cherry-tree 13s. 6d.
17 Two half round compoteers 10s. 6d.
18 One figure of a Moor, and one ditto square basket 14s.
19 A pair of fable candlesticks, goat in the well 2I.
20 A pair of large ditto, wilh a dog, fox, grapes, &c. 2I. is.
21 Four leaf caudle-cups, with covers and plates, enamell'd in
fruit 2I. 3s. 22 A

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Lot
22 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern il. 19s.
23 A pair of hand-candlesticks 7s. 6d.,
24 Four figures ofthe seasons, sitting il. 5s.
25 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 2I. 3s.
26 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 9s.
27 One dozen of twelve scollop'd plates 3?. 6s.
28 One pair of large table candlesticks, with dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 2I. 4s.
29 A large oval two handled basket for a desert il. 14s.
30 A pair of toilet candlesticks, fable pattern il. 16s.
31 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit il. 7s.
32 Four sauce-boats, pea- green and gold ornaments 19s. 6d.
33 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
il. 1 6s.
34 Three sitting seasons, and one singing shepherdess il. 3s.
35 A pair of hand-candlesticks 6s.
36 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker 17s. 6d.
37 Four oval basket-work fruit dishes 2I. 5s.
38 A pair of tyger and leopard candlesticks 3Z.
39 A pair of large ditto, with an ox, ass, &c. 3?.
40 One dozen of green ornament edge plates 3?. 10s.
41 A pair of fable candlesticks, with a goat in the well il. 18s.
42 A pair of figures of a sportsman and lady il. 17s.
43 One' dog and fox candlestick, and one Cupid ditto il. is.
44 Two toilette lamb candlesticks il. 7s.
45 A beautiful vase, finely painted in fruit, with proper deco
rations 2I. 2S.
46 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit il. 8s.
47 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern . il. 16s.
48 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
il. 1 8s.
49 A pair of large ditto, with an ox, ass, &c. 2I. 19s.
50 A beautiful vase, finely painted in fruit, with proper deco
rations 2I.
51 A pair of fable candlesticks with a goat in the well il. 15s.
52 Two beautiful heart-shap'd vases ornamented with flowers,
and finely enamell'd in birds 3?. 12s.
53 A pair of figures of a sportsman and lady il. 15s.
54 Four oval compoteers 16s.
55 Fifteen faulty and broken desert plates il. is.
56 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern il. 16s.
57 Twelve fine desert plates, with gold ornament edges 3Z. 9s.
58 Twelve ditto $1. 16s.
59 Four compoteers, royal pattern 2I. 13s. 60 Four

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Lot
60 Four ditto 2I. is.
61 Two small Chinese figures 4s. 6d.
62 One large oval sallad dish 15 s.
63 One large and three small blue and gold dressing-boxes
2I. is.
64 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers ns.
65 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 2I. 2s.
66 Two small blue and gold vases of the royal pattern, curiously
enamell'd in flowers 61. 5 s.
67 Two ditto larger, blue and gold 61. .
68 A pair of figures of a sportsman and lady il. 15s.
69 A pair of candlesticks, with a shepherd teaching a shep
herdess on the flute il. 7s.
70 Four oval compoteers il. ns.
71 Four blue and gold toilet-boxes il. 12s.
72 One cup and cover ofthe mazarine blue and gold il. 9s.
73 One ditto 2I. us.
74 A pair of fable candlesticks, and a goat in the well il. 15s.
75 A pair of figures of a sportsman and lady il. 14s.
76 One very large and curious group, representing the Roman
Charity, on a pea-green and gold pedestal 61. 16s. 6d.
77 A pair of candlesticks, with a gardener and companion
2l. I2S.
78 Four oval basket-work fruit dishes 2I. gs.
79 One large pot pourie vase and cover, on a pedestal, crimson
and gold, decorated with Cupids and garlands of flowers
8Z.
80 A pair of large fable candlesticks, with a dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 1 1. 7 s.
81 A pair of ditto, with an ox, ass, &c. 3I.
82 Two oval compoteers, one blossom handled-basket, and
one basket-work compoteer il. 10s.
83 A beautiful complete service for a desert, consisting of two
large basket-work dishes, two oval baskets with handles,
two large rosette compoteers, four oval green edge ditto,
four vine-leaf dishes, four seven-leaf ditto, four straw
berry ditto, four shell ditto, and three dozen of plates,
finely enamell'd in groups of natural flowers 30?. 9s.

SECOND

SECOND DAY's SALE.
THURSDAY, February 15, 1770.
Lot
1 A Pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker 14s. 6d.
2 _f\_ Two small honey-comb jars, pea-green and gold 10s.
3 Two masquerade figures 10s. 6d.
4 Twelve small desert vases 6s. 6dr
5 Six leaf caudle-cups and covers, and one bason ditto,
damag'd 2I. 18s.
6 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern il. 17s.
7 Four figures of Cupids on pedestals, and a goat candlestick
it is. /
8 Four cabbage leaves 19s.
9 Four twelve scollop'd compoteers. it 14s.
10 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
it 1 6s.
11 Two baskets with jessamine flowers it 16s.
12 Four shell handle-baskets it 13s.
13 A pair of candlesticks, with a fox and dogs it 16s.
14 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker it 14s.
15 A pair of toilette-pots with flower tops 9s.
16 Two bird-nests in a cherry-tree 19s.
17 One dozen of green ornament edge plates 3?. ns.
18 A pair of fable-candlesticks, and a goat in the well it 19s.
19 One large basket, Rosette inside 13s.
20 A pair of large fable candlesticks, with a dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 2t 3s.
21 One fluting shepherdess, and two small hay-makers 10s. 6d.
22 Four oval basket-work fruit-dishes 2I. us.
23 A pair of hand-candlesticks 8s. 6d.
24 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit it 7s.
25 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 6s.
26 A pair of fable-candlesticks, and a goat in the well 17?. (sic)
27 A pair of large ditto, with a dog, fox, grapes, &c. 2I. 3s.
28 One figure of a Cupid with a basket, and a small piping
shepherdess \s.
29 One large group of the seasons 3I 10s.
30 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern it 7s.
31 Three vine-leaf fruit-dishes and six platteaux 19s. 32 Four

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Lot
32 Four pea-green ornament edg'd compoteers 2I. is.
33 Two Cupid and Flora candlesticks, for four lights 3Z. 10s.
34 A pair of ditto, tyger and leopard 2I. 10s.
35 One dozen of twelve scollop'd plates 2I. 19s.
36 Four leaves in baskets it 16s.
37 A pair of hand-candlesticks 7s.
38 A pair of figures of a mower and a hay-maker 10s.
39 One large figure of a shepherd, lambs, dog, &c. it 7s.
40 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
it 19s.
41 A very large and curious group of a shepherd teaching a
shepherdess to play on the flute 8t
42 A table-service, consisting of six large oval dishes ; six ditto,
less ; eight ditto, less ; and two large sallad dishes, and
three dozen of plates, all finely enamell'd in fruit 2it
43 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern it 16s.
44 Four oval basket-work fruit-dishes 2I. 10s.
45 A pair of very large and curious fable candlesticks, of the
ox, ass, &c. 3Z.
46 A pair of toilet candlesticks, fable pattern it 19s.
47 Three pea-green ornament edg'd compoteers, one twelve
scollop'd ditto, and one six-leaf ditto 18s.
48 A pair of fable-candlesticks, and a goat in the well
it 15s.
49 A pair of large ditto, an ox, ass, &c. 2L 19s.
50 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady it 15s.
51 One dozen of green ornament edge plates 3?. 9s.
52 Two round half pattern compoteers, one strawberry com-
poteer, and nine plates, gilt border, enamell'd in birds
and flowers 18s. 6d.
53 A pair of toilette candlesticks, fable pattern it 16s.
54 Twelve fine desert plates,1 gold ornament edges 4I. 12s.
55 Twelve ditto $1
56 Four strawberry compoteers it ns. 6d.
57 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well - it 16s.
58 A beautiful large urn, egg-shape, ornamented in flowers,
and curiously enamell'd in birds 4I. 6s.
*58 A service of seventeen dishes and compoteers, and twenty-four
plates ofthe rich mazarine blue and gold 134Z. 4s.
59 Two sauce-boats, pea-green and gold ornaments 8s.
60 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 2I.
61 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady it ns.
62 Two beautiful heart-shap'd vases, ornamented with flowers,
and finely enamell'd in birds $1. 9s. 63 Twelve

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Lot
63 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit it gs.
64 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady it 15s.
65 A beautiful vase, finely painted in fruit, with proper deco
rations it 1 8s.
66 A ditto it 17s.
67 Four oval compoteers it 12s.
68 One large oval sallad dish 14s. 6d.
69 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion 2I.
70 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 8s. 6d.
71 Four oval compoteers, royal pattern it is.
72 Three Jonquil and May-flower jars 4I. igs.
73 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with ox, ass, &c. 2t 19s.
74 Four blue and gold dressing-boxes 2I. 3s.
75 One satyr bottle of the mazarine blue, embellish'd with
burnish'd gold grapes, highly finish'd, with gold birds,
most curiously chas'd 6t 6s.
76 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with a dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 2t is.
77 Four oval compoteers it 10s.
78 One picturesque beaker of the mazarine blue and gold,
curiously enamell'd in figures upon a gold ground 1 6 1 1 6s.
79 A pair of gold candlesticks, with Venus and Leda 2I. us.
80 One large pot pourie vase and cover, on a pedestal, deco
rated with Cupids and garlands of flowers, crimson and
gold ground 7Z. 17s.
81 One candlestick of the seasons, two lights, and one ditto for
one light it 12s.
82 One heart-shape vase, richly ornamented with jessamine
flowers, enamell'd in birds it 13s.

THIRD DA.Y's SALE.
FRIDAY, February 16, 1770.
Lot 1 '"T""*WO small pots to mount, and a small Hussar 7s.
2 I Three masquerade figures it
3 Eleven small desert vases 5s.
4 Four small fig-leaves 1 2s.
5 Four figures of Cupids on pedestals 15 s.
6 A pair of hand-candlesticks 7s. 6d. '
7 Four cabbage-leaves 15 s. 6d.
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Lot
8 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
it 19s.
9 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 8s. 6d.
10 Two toilet-candlesticks, with parrots and a cherry-tree it 4s.
11 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern it 18s.
12 Four twelve scollop'd compoteers 2I. 2s.
13 Four leaf caudle-cups, covers and saucers, enamell'd in
fruit 14s.
14 A pair of hand-candlesticks 9s. 6d.
15 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker 12s.
16 One dozen of twelve scollop'd plates 3?. 5s.
17 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, dog, fox, grapes, &c.
2t 6s.
18 A pair of candlesticks with a fox and dogs it 19s.
19 A pair of toilet-pots with flower tops 8 s.
20 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit it 9s.
21 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well 2I. 3s.
22 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I. 2s.
23 Four vine-leaf fruit-dishes 19s. 6d.
24 A pair of large boar-hunting candlesticks 2I. 18s.
25 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit it 13s.
26 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 2I. 7s.
27 Two bird-nests in a cherry tree it is.
28 A pair of Black-a-moor candlesticks it 7s.
29 Forty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 10s. 6d.
30 One dozen of green ornament edg'd plates 5?. 5s.
31 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well 2I. is.
32 A pair of large ditto, with a dog, fox, grapes, &c. 2I. 3s.
33 Four oval basket-work fruit-dishes 2L 14s.
34 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with an ox, ass, &c. 3?. 3s.
35 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I. is.
36 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker it is.
37 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit 15s.
38 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well 2I. is.
39 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady 2I.
40 A pair of candlesticks for four lights, with groups of figures,
representing the four seasons, curiously decorated with
flowers 4I. 15 s.
41 One large oval two-handled basket for a desert it 3s.
42 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 2t 14s.
43 Two sauce-boats, pea-green and gold ornaments ns. 6d.
44 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
2t 3s. 45 Four

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Lot
45 Four shell handle baskets, and two small oval baskets *%. 18s.
*45 A pair of rich crimson ground perfume vases and covers,
enrich'd with gold yl
46 A very large and curious group of a shepherd teaching a
shepherdess to play on the flute 8t 8s.
47 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I.
48 Twelve desert plates, gold ornament edges 5I 2s. 6d.
49 Twelve ditto 5Z. 10s.
50 Four oval basket-work fruit-dishes , 2I. 14s.
51 Two beautiful crimson ground flower-pots, enrich'd with
gold 3?. ns.
52 An epergne on a looking-glass frame, with four lights, richly
decorated with enamell'd flowers 7?. 7s.
53 Four strawberry compoteers it 16s.
54 Two large figures of a sportsman and a lady it 18s.
*54 Five toilet-boxes of the mazarine blue, richly enamell'd
and chas'd in gold, with figures, birds, &c. 3Z. 3s.
55 One dozen of desert plates, gilt borders, enamell'd in fruit
3t 18s.
56 Two candlesticks of a gardener and companion 4I. 13s.
57 One dozen of green ornament edg'd plates 2I.
58 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with ox, ass, &c. 3Z. 19s.
59 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 3?. 6s.
60 Three sauce-boats, pea-green and gold ornaments 10s. 6d.
6 1 Two lamb candlesticks, two small sportsmen, and a pilgrim 2 1
62 A pair of tyger and leopard candlesticks 3?. 14s.
63 A beautiful vase, finely painted in fruit, with proper deco
rations 4I 4s.
64 A beautiful egg-shape urn, ornamented in flowers, and
curiously enamell'd in birds 5?. 7s. 6d.
65 A pair of candlesticks, with a gardener and companion 2I. 3s.
66 A group of Mercury and a Nymph it 14s.
67 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with a dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 2t 6s.
68 Two beautiful heart-shap'd vases, ornamented with flowers,
and fine y (sic) enamell'd in birds 4I. 19s.
69 Four oval compoteers 2I. 16s.
70 One large oval sallad dish it 3s.
71 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with ox, ass, &c. 3I. 6s.
72 Two large blue and gold dressing-boxes 2I. 10s.
73 Four small ditto it 6s.
74 Two satyr bottles of the mazarine blue,, embellish'd with
burnish'd gold grapes, highly finish'd with gold birds,
most curiously chas'd iot 5s.
75 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady 2I.
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Lot 76 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with a dog, fox, and
grapes, &c. 2I. 19s.
77 Four oval compoteers 2I. 8s.
78 A pair of candlesticks, with Venus and Leda 4I.
79 One large round urn and cover, mazarine blue and gold,
most curiously enamell'd with a sleeping girl, &c. 12 1
is. 6d.
80 A very fine compleat tea and coffee equipage, most curiously
enamell'd in the peacock pattern 3ot 9s.
81 Two lay lock coloured ground vases, ornamented with gold,
most curiously enamell'd in figures, with Chinese tops
gl. 17s. 6d.
82 One mazarine blue and gold vase, with goats heads 4I.
2s. 6d.
83 One ditto, with a square foot $1 5s.
84 Two small royal vases, mazarine blue and gold, curiously
enamell'd in flowers 6t 17s. 6d.
85 A very fine comleat service for a desert, containing two large
oval baskets, two open-work rosette dishes, two close
ditto, four round compoteers, four oval ditto, four twelve
scollop'd ditto, four silver-shap'd ditto, four leaves in
baskets, four round baskets, and twenty-four plates with
the pea-green edge, all finely enamell'd with fruit
3it 10s.
86 A service of twenty fine Pompadour dishes and compoteers,
and thirty-six plates enrich'd with gold. Appears to
have been bought in/or i6ot

FOURTH

FOURTH DAY's SALE.
Saturday, February 17, 1770.
Lot 1 "TJ*OUR small pug-dogs, and one small figure of Love in
X disguise
2 Four octagon compoteers it is.
3 Twelve small desert vases 8s.
4 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I.
5 A pair of hand-candlesticks 10s. 6d.
6 A pair of figures of a mower and hay-maker it
7 A pair of toilet-pots with flower tops 10s.
8 A pair of Black-a-moor candlesticks it 4s.
9 A pair of ditto, goat in the well 2I. 4s.
10 Four oval basket-work fruit-dishes 2I. 10s.
11 Two figures of Mars it
12 Four double leaf compoteers it ns.
13 Twelve small desert vases- 7s. 6d.
14 A pair of candlesticks, with a gardner, boy, and a woman
2I. 1 8s.
15 Four twelve scollop'd compoteers it 7s.
16 One dozen of green ornament edged plates 2I. 16s.
17 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
2I. 7s.
18 Twelve coffee-cups with handles, ornamented in fruit it 3s.
19 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers 7s. 6d.
20 One dozen of twelve scollop'd plates 4I. 2s.
21 A pair of figures of a mower and a hay-maker 15?. 6s. (sic)
22 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I. 4s.
23 A pair of canopy candlesticks, curiously ornamented with
jessamine flowers 3?. 2s.
24 A pair large ditto, fable pattern, with a dog, fox, grapes,
&c. 2Z. 15s. »
25 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady 2I
26 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well 2I. 6s.
27 A beautiful egg-shape urn, ornamented with flowers,
curiously enamell'd in birds 5Z. 7s. 6d.
28 A pair of large fable-candlesticks, with an ox and ass, &c.
3t 4s.
29 Twelve cups with handles, enamell'd in fruit it 12s.
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30 A pair of toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I. 10s.
31 Two large figures of shepherds, with crooks and dogs, &c.
2t
32 Thirty-six enamell'd tulip flowers ns.
33 A pair of fable-candlesticks, goat in the well 2I. 8s.
34 Two beautiful heart-shap'd vases, ornamented with jessa
mine flowers, and finely enamell'd in birds, st 15s. 6d.
35 One dozen of green ornament edg'd plates 3?. 7s.
36 A pair of candlesticks for four lights, with groups of figures
representing the four seasons, curiously decorated with
flowers, &c. $1. 10s.
37 A pair of figures of a sportsman and a lady 2?. is.
38 A pair of candlesticks, with a sportsman and companion
it 17s.
39 A pair of" toilet-candlesticks, fable pattern 2I. 10s.
40 One large group ofthe seasons 4I.
41 Four sauce-boats, pea-green and gold ornaments, it 2s.
42 A pair of figures of a sportsman and lady 2I. 6s.
43 Two beautiful heart-shap'd vases, ornamented with flowers,
and finely enamell'd in birds $1. 17s. 6d.
44 Four oval compoteers it 7s.
45 Four blue and gold dressing-boxes 2t 13s.
46 Twelve desert plates, gold ornament edges 4I. 18s.
47 Twelve ditto 2I. igs.
*47 A most beautiful caudle cup, cover and saucer, ofthe rich
mazarine blue and gold, inimitably enamell'd in pastoral
figures Lord Arundell, 4I. 7s.f
48 Twelve desert plates, gold ornament edges 3?. 14s.
49 A very large and magnificent group of figures, curiously
ornamented with jessamine flowers gl. igs. 6d.
50 Two small antique urns upon pedestals, crimson and gold,
decorated with womens heads, and garlands of flowers
8t
51 Two blue and gold heart-shap'd perfume-pots, ornamented
with pea-green honey-comb iot 2s. 6 ft
52 One large oval two-handled basket for a desert it ns. 6d.
53 One jonquil perfume vase and ' cover, crimson ornament
handles, enamell'd in birds upon a gold ground 7?.
54 Two large figures ofthe quarters of the world 2I. 10s.
55 One group of pilgrims 2I. is.

+ Lots *47 and 59. — These pieces are still preserved at Wardour Castle,
Wilts, the residence of Lord Arundell, together with a large dessert service
painted in exotic birds on a white ground, and other good specimens of
the Chelsea fabric, including many fine figures.
\ 56 Four

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56 Four oval compoteers 2I. 3s.
57 A pair of candlesticks, Venus and Leda 3/. 17s.
58 One compleat porringer, cover and plate, of the peacock
pattern %l. 3s.
59 7 wo satyr bottles of the mazarine blue, embellish'd with
burnish'd gold grapes, highly finish'd with gold birds,
most curiously chas'd Lord Arundell, i$l.\
60 (One large round urn and cover, mazarine blue and gold,
most curiously enamell'd, with a shepherd teaching a
shepherdess on the flute
61 One ditto, of the same magnificence, with the lovers sur
priz'd 26t 15s. 6d.
*6i Two chocolate-cups, mazarine blue and gold, enamell'd in
figures it ns.
62 One large pot pour ie vase and cover, on a pedestal, mazarine
blue and gold, decorated with Cupids and garlands of
flowers 13Z. 15s. 1
63 One large picturesque beaker, crimson and gold ground,
enamell'd in flowers 21 1.
64 One ditto ofthe same beauty i8t
65 Two beautiful mazarine blue globe vases, enamell'd in
garlands of flowers, on a gold ground 4I. 4s.
66 One large double handled cup and cover, mazarine blue
and gold 81. 1 7s. 6d.
67 /Two large blue and gold girandoles for three lights each
68- One mazarine blue and gold porringer, cover and plate
69 (One ditto 8t 10s.
70 A very curious and matchless tea and coffee equipage, crimson
and gold, most inimitably enamell'd in figures, from the
designs of Wattea.u, consisting of twelve tea-cups with
handles and saucers, six coffee ditto, tea-pot and stand,
slop-bason, sugar-dish, and cream ewer 43?. is.
71 Two small crimson and gold vases of the royal pattern,
curiously enamell'd in flowers 8t 10s.
72 Two ditto, blue and gold, in birds %l. 17s. 6d.
73 Two very curious antique oval vases upon shell feet, crimson
ground, richly ornamented with gold 8t 12s. 6d
74 Two small antique urns upon pedestals, crimson "and gold,
ornamented with womens heads, and garlands of flowers
6t 5s.
75 Two ditto 6t 5s.
76 One very large and curious group, representing the Roman
Charity, upon a very magnificent blue and gold
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77 One most magnificent vase and cover, crimson and gold orna
ment handles, curiously enamell'd in birds, and a very
rich gold ground i ot
78 Two antique oval vases upon shell feet, with a crimson
ground, richly ornamented with gold 7I. 15s.
79 Two pea-green and gold vases, royal pattern $1. 8s.
80 Two small ditto, crimson and gold, curiously enamell'd in
flowers 4?. 15s.
81 Two ditto, mazarine blue and gold, enamell'd in birds
•jl. 17s. 6 d.
82 Two small antique urns upon pedestals, of the mazarine
blue and gold 12Z. 5s.
83 One small antique urn upon a pedestal, crimson and gold,
ornamented with womens heads, and garlands of
flowers 3?. 12 s.
84 One very large picturesque perfume vase, with ornament
handles, crimson and gold ground 2ot 9s. 6d.
85 Ten fine desert, or second-course dishes, eight compoteers,
and thirty-six plates of the pheasant pattern 30?. 9s.

CATALOG UE
OF THE
Last Year's Produce
(BEING THE FIRST PUBLIC SALE)
OF THE
CHELSEA and DERBY
Porcelaine Manufactories;
CONSISTING OF
A Variety of Superb and Elegant Antique-Shaped VASES,
URNS, ESSENCE-POTS, JARS, and BEAKERS ;
Several Groups and single Figures, both in the Biscuit, and
Glaz'd, finely mOdel'd, and in the most pleasing Attitudes ;
the Dresses and Embellishments resembling Lace of the
finest Texture;
Beautiful Desert Services, Tea and Coffee Equipages, Dejeund,
Caudle Basons, Cabinet Cups, Ice Pots, and various other
Useful and Ornamental Articles ; many of which are of the
much-admired Mazarine Blue and Gold, Pea Green, and
Crimson ; the Shapes, Decorations, Paintings, and Enrich
ments, resplendent with Beauty, Elegance, and Taste ;
Also a few SELECT PIECES of the
RICH ULTRAMARINE and BLUE CELESTE,
Which Mr. Duesbury has with, great Labour and Expence brought to a
State of Perfection equal to that ofthe French ;
Which, by Order of Messrs. DUESBURY and Co.
Will be Sold by AUCTION,
By Mr. CHRISTIE,
At his Great Room in Pall-Mall, . -»
On Wednesday, April 17, 1771, and three following Days.
To be viewed on Monday and Tuesday, the l$th and 16th Instant, and to
the Sale, which will begin al Twelve o'clock each Day.

*Jk Catalogues may be had at Will's Coffee-House, Cornhill, and at
Mr. Christie's, in Pall-Mall.

A
CATALOGUE, &c.

FIRST DAY's SALE.
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 1771.
Lot
1 A Pair of Alloa pots with gold dentil edges us. 6d.
2 J-\_ A pair of cream cups and covers, painted in Cupids
of the fine crimson colour, with gold handles and dentil
edges 15s.. 6d.
3 Six chocolate cups and saucers, painted after the French,
gold handles and dentil edges it 17s.
4 A pair of fine honey-comb pots for a toilet it 16s.
5 A pair of small antique vases, in biscuit 2I. 2s.
6 Two quart jugs, curiously enamel'd in flowers, and orna
mented in gold 19s.
7 A pair of butter tubs, covers and plates, curiously painted
in flowers, with blue hoops tied with gold, and gold
dentil edges it 12s.
8 A pair of caudle cups, covers, and plates, finely enamel'd in
flowers, and gold dentil edges it 5s.
9 A pair of candlesticks, (gentleman and lady playing on
music, pompadour ground) and gold ornaments 2I. 12s.
10 One set of curious small antique urns and pedestals, finely
decorated with raised ornaments, in biscuit it 7s.
1 1 Eight ice cream cups, in fine mazarine blue and gold,
enamel'd in flowers 3?. 8 s.
1 2 One set of three pieces of elegant honey-comb jars with a
rich burnish'd gold border 3?. 13 Six

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Lot 13 Six breakfast cups and saucers, richly enamel'd in blue
festoons of flowers, and fine gold dentil edge it
ns. 6d.
14 A pair of elegant caudle cups, with a fine sea-green ground,
richly enamel'd in Cupids, after Busha, and elegantly
finish'd, in burnish'd and chas'd gold 2t 14s.
1 5 One pair small Welch taylor and family riding on goats,
elegantly finish'd in flowers and burnish'd gold it
1 6 One pair of Dresden shepherds, richly enamel'd in flowers,
and elegantly finish'd in burnish'd gold it ns.
17 A set of elegant antique seasons and pedestals, in biscuit
4I 2s. 6d.
18 One set (three pieces) of fluted jars, enamel'd in flowers,
fine sea-green ground, handles richly ornamented in
gold, and a gold dentil edge gl. gs.
1 9 A fine group of the Virtues, with Minerva crowning Con
stancy with a garland of flowers, and Hercules killing
the Hydra, in biscuit 7I.
20 One set of fine large jars, with a fine green. ground, enamel'd
in flowers, and richly onamented in burnish'd gold
nt os. 6d.
2 1 A fine antique jar, with the much-admired mazarine blue
ground, and compartments enamel'd, most elegantly
finish'd with burnish'd and chas'd gold nt os. 6d.
22 Two pair small Bacchus and Cupid, riding on a goat and
panther, and pedestals, in biscuit 5I
23 Eight ice cream cups and covers, enamel'd in flowers, and
a rich gold dentil edge 2I.
24 One pair of guitar candlesticks, very elegantly enamel'd in
flowers, and richly ornamented with - burnish'd gold
2t 9s.
25 One pair of small caudle cups, covers and stands, richly
enamel'd in flowers, gold handles, and gold dentil edge
it 4s.
26 A complete toy set of china, consisting of twenty-three
pieces, a fine mazarine blue ground, and richly orna
mented with burnish'd gold 2t is.
27 A set of jars (three pieces) fluted, richly enamel'd in flowers,
and elegantly finish'd in gold circles and roses, after the
v French, with a gold dentil edge iot 10s.
28 A complete tea and coffee equipage, fluted, white, and richly
finish'd, with a gold dentil edge, forty-nine pieces 7Z. 7s.
29 A pair of caudle cups, covers and stands, with a fine pom
padour and blue celeste ground, and richly finish'd in
festoons of chased gold flowers 4Z. 2 s. 6d.
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30 A set of small jars, with a fine pea-green ground, richly
enamel'd in flowers, and elegantly finish'd with bur
nish'd and chased gold 6t 8s. 6d.
3 1 A pair of Cupid and Flora chandeliers, most richly finish'd
in colours and burnish'd gold 7t
32 A pair of candlesticks, richly enamel'd, and elegantly
finish'd in gold 2t 10s.
33 A large antique jar, with a fine blue celeste and pompadour
ground, most superbly finish'd with burnish'd and
chased gold, and emboss'd festoons izt is. 6a!.
34 Two pair Bacchus and Cupid, riding on a goat and
panther, with oblong pedestals, emboss'd festoons, in
biscuit 3t 3s.
35 A small dejeune, enamel'd in Cupids, after Busha, and
richly finish'd with a gold dentil edge 2?. 12 s.
36 Six small coffee cups and saucers,, elegantly enamel'd in
Cupids, after Busha, and richly finish'd with a gold
dentil edge 2t 2 s.
37 A pair of sitting figures, elegantly decorated with fruit and
flowers, and most curiously work'd with lace 2t 12s. 6d.
38 One pair small Dresden shepherds, with a lamb and dog,
curiously enamel'd iri flowers and burnish'd gold it is.,
Mrs. Broadhead.
39 A pair small Welch taylor and family riding on goats,
richly enamel'd, and ornamented with burnish'd gold
it
40 A complete desert service, enamel'd in festoons of flowers,
with a border of the fine celest ground, richly decorated
with burnish'd and chas'd gold, consisting of two dozen
plates, and twenty comports, different sizes 70Z.
41 A pair of antique jars, with a fine blue celeste and pompa
dour ground, most curiously finish'd, with burnish'd
and chased gold, and emboss'd festoons 3Z. 1 is.
42 Two Virtues, with curious antique urns, on pedestals, in
biscuit 4I.
43 A pair of Chelsea jars, with a fine pea-green ground,
curiously enamel'd in compartments, with the story of
Jupiter and Leda, and elegantly finish'd with burnish'd
gold 4I. 1 os.
44 Six large sallad dishes, enamel'd in flowers, with green
ornament edges 3?., Mrs. Christie.
45 A pair of Dresden shepherds, with a lamb and dog,
elegantly finish'd in flowers and burnish'd gold it 11 .
46 A pair Welch taylor and family riding on goats, elegantly
enamel'd in flowers and burnish'd gold it 10s. 47 A

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47 A group of three figures, Minerva crowning Constancy
with .laurel, and Hercules kiling the Hydra, very
curiously finish'd, in biscuit 5Z. 15s.
48 A pair Cupid and Flora chandeliers, most elegantly finish'd
in colours and burnish'd gold ornament 7Z. 7s.
49 Six coffee cups and saucers, elegantly enamel'd after the
French, with a rich gold dentil edge it
50 A set of elegant honey-comb jars richly finish'd in gold
3Z. 4s.
5 1 A pair of antique jars, with a fine pea-green ground, with
festoons of flowers, and richly finish'd in burnish'd gold
15Z. 15s.
52 A figure of Time, richly finish'd it 10s.
53 A set of fluted jars (three pieces) with a fine pea-green
ground, curiously enamel'd with flowers after the
French, and highly finish'd with burnish'd gold 6t
28. 6d.
54 A curious large egg-shap'd jar, finely enamel'd, with a
matron feeding her children, richly ornamented with
festoons of chased gold flowers, and highly-finish'd in
burnish'd gold 26I. 5s.
55 A pair of fine candlesticks, with a fine mazarine blue
ground, and richly ornamented with burnish'd and
chas'd gold 3Z. 10s.
56 Eight ice cream-cups, in compartment, enamel'd with
flowers, a fine mazarine blue ground, and richly deco
rated with burnish'd gold 2I. 17s., Col. Patten.
57 A set of curious antique seasons, on pedestals, in biscuit
3t 15s.
58 A pair of honey-comb jars, very elegant it is.
59 A pair of antique jars, emboss'd festoons, of a fine blue
celeste ground, and elegantly finish'd with burnish'd
gold 8t 8s.
60 A pair of sitting figures, a gentleman reading, and a lady
knotting, most curiously ornamented with lace 5Z. 5s.
61 A pair of figures, Prudence and Discretion, each a curious
antique urn, on pedestals, in festoons of chased gold,
and highly finish'd in burnish'd gold 5I. 2s. 6d.
62 A pair of small caudle-cups, with a fine pompadour and
blue celeste border, elegantly finish'd in burnish'd and
chased gold 4Z. 4s.
63 A caudle cup, cover and stand, fine mazarine blue, highly
finish'd with burnish'd and chased gold 3Z. 2s.
64 A pair small Welch taylor and family riding on goats, finely
enamel'd in colours, and highly finish'd in gold it
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Lot65 A pair of small Dresden shepherds, elegantly enamel'd,
and highly finish'd in burnish'd gold it is.
66 A set of small jars, with a fine pea-green ground, curiously
enamel'd in flowers, in compartments, after the French,
and finely finish'd in burnish'd and chased gold 4I. 4s.
67 A set of curious antique season vases, on pedestals, in
biscuit 3Z. 4s.
68 A curious tea and coffee equipage, with crimson wave
and green flowers, curiously ornamented with gold
iot 1 os.
69 A pair of curious caudlejcups, covers and stands, blue
celeste ground compartments, painted in Cupids, after
Busha, and richly ornamented in gold 6t 6s.
70 A curious French pattern jar, in festoons of flowers, and
elegantly finish'd in burnish'd gold 4Z. 1 9s.
7 1 A pair of ice pails, a fine mazarine blue ground, compart
ments painted in Cupids, after Busha, and curiously
finish'd in burnish'd gold iot 10s.
72 A pair of curious sitting figures, elegantly finish'd with lace,
in biscuit 3Z. 5s., Sir Thos. Gascoyne.
73 A curious ink-stand, enamel'd with flowers and blue circles,
after the French, and finely finish'd with burnish'd
gold 4Z.
74 A pair of, candle cups, covers and stand, finely enamel'd
with Cupids, after Busha, and richly finish'd with a
gold dentil edge 3Z. 2s.
75 A set of small French seasons, curiously enamel'd in flowers,
and richly finish'd in burnish'd gold 2Z. 13s., Sir T.
Gascoyne.
76 A pair of large Dresden shepherds, curiously enamel'd in
flowers, and elegantly finish'd in burnish'd gold iZ 16s.
77 A curious set of antique seasons, on pedestals, in biscuit
4Z. 4s.
78 A pair of small ice pails, finely enamel'd in Cupids, after
Busha, and elegantly finish'd with burnish'd and chased
gold 8t 8s.
79 A curious group of three figures, with a pyramid in the
middle, Minerva, crowning Constancy with laurel, and
Hercules killing the Hydra, in biscuit 6Z.
80 Eight white fluted cream cups, with a rich gold dentil edge
2Z. is.
81 A pair of candlesticks, fine green and gold, and curiously
finish'd in burnish'd gold 2I. 10s.
82 A fine rich fluted bottle, with a fine mazarine blue ground,
and highly finished in burnish'd gold 14Z. 83 Six

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83 Six chocolate cups and saucers, finely enamel'd in flowers,
after the French, and richly finish'd with a gold dentil
edge it 1 6s.
84 Two pair Bacchus and Cupid riding on a panther and goat,
on pedestal, in biscuit 5Z. 5s., Mrs. Stt afford.
85 A set of large jars, finely enamel'd in flowers and bird's eye,
and richly decorated with burnish'd gold 9Z. 19s. 6d.

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SECOND DAY's SALE.
THURSDAY, April 18, 1771.
Lot
1 A Curious set of antique seasons, on pedestals, in
£\_ biscuit 3Z.
2 A pair of curious caudle cups, covers and plates, of the
fine blue celeste, finely enamel'd with gold chain, and
gold ornament handles 61. 6s.
3 A pair of large caudle cups, covers and plates, of the
much-admir'd mazarine blue and gold, curiously ena
mel'd in peacock's feathers, and gold festoons chased
4 A fine jar and cover, enamel'd in birds, with blue com
partments, highly finish'd with burnish'd and chased
gold 4Z 1 8s. 6d.
5 A jar, and two beakers, French pattern, with a fine sea-
green ground, enamel'd in flowers, and highly finish'd
in burnish'd and chased gold. 4Z. 14s. 6d.
6 A set of Chelsea jars, finely painted in Cupids, after
Busha, a fine sea-green ground, richly ornamented with
flowers after nature, and gold 5Z. 17s. 6d.
7 A curious group of three figures, Minerva* crowning
Constancy with laurel, and Hercules killing the Hydra,
in biscuit 5Z. 17s. 6d.
8 A very rich and curious ink-stand, with a fine pompadour
ground, decorated with a lamb, and richly finish'd with
burnish'd gold 4Z. 4s.
9 Foiir coffee cups and saucers, finely decorated with gold
shell-work 13s. 10 Six

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Lot io Six ditto, richly enamel'd in fine rose colour and gold edge
14s.
1 1 A complete tea and coffee equipage painted in Cupids,
with a curious antique border, green and gold, with
twisted handles, richly finished with burnish'd gold
13Z. 1 8s.
1 2 Two curious figures, Prudence and Discretion, with antique
urns on pedestals, in biscuit 4Z.
13 Four cups and saucers with gold shell-work, and gold dentil
edge 13s. 6d.
14 A cup and saucer, richly enamel'd in fine rose colour,
and gold edge 9s. ,
15 A set of curious antique season vases on pedestals, in
biscuit 2Z. 9s.
16 Two pair of small figures, Bacchus and Cupid, riding on a
goat and panther, each on oblong pedestals, in biscuit
3t gs.
17 A complete tea and coffee equipage, with a fine blue celeste
ground, and richly enamel'd after the antique manner
13Z. 15s. 6d.
18 A curious desert service, consisting of two dozen of plates,
and twenty comports of different sizes, finely enamel'd
in green festoons of flowers, and a rich gold dentil edge
30Z.
19 A set of small antique seasons on pedestals, in biscuit
it 19s.
20 A large egg-shape jar painted in compartment, with a
woman learning her boy to play on the cymbal, a fine
pea-green ground, and richly ornamented with gold iot
21 Two curious figures, with an altar-piece, in biscuit it 9s.
22 A pair of caudle cups, covers and stands, enamel'd in
flowers after the French, and a rich gold dentil edge
it 4s.
23 A set of fine honey-comb jars, highly finish'd in burnish'd
gold 3Z.
24 A pair of Cupid and Flora chandeliers, finely enamel'd,
and richly ornamented with burnish'd gold 61.
25 A curious figure of Time clipping of Cupid's wing, finely
enamel'd, and ornamented with burnish'd gold it 9s.
26 Six coffee cups and saucers, enamel'd in Cupids, after
Busha, and a rich gold dentil edge it 16s.
27 A complete tea and coffee equipage, finely enamel'd in
festoons of flowers, and a fine burnish'd gold edge
9Z. 2s. 6d., Mrs. Middleton. 28 A

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28 A Pah °f honey-comb jars, and a pilgrim bottle, with a fine
pea-green ground, enamel'd with birds' in compartment,
and richly finished with burnish'd gold 2Z. 18s.
29 Three fine vine leaves, enamel'd with natural flowers, for a
desert it is.
30 A large antique jar, highly finish'd with that much admir'd
mazarine blue and gold, and enamel'd in compartments
8Z. 17s. 6ct
31 Two pair of Bacchus and Cupid riding on goats and pan
thers, in biscuit 3Z. 3s.
32 Four vine-leaves, painted in natural flowers, for a desert
it 8s. .
33 A complete tea and coffee equipage, finely enamel'd with
green festoons of flowers, and a rich gold dentil edge
iot
34 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy with laurel, and Hercules killing the Hydra, in
biscuit 5Z. 17s. 6d.
35 A pair of fine figures, Gardener and Companion, in biscuit
18s.
36 A set of small jars, fine pea-green ground, enamel'd in
flowers after the French, and highly finish'd in bur
nish'd and chas'd gold 8t
37 Four vine-leaves, painted in natural flowers, for a desert
it 12s.
38 A pair of curious figures sitting, most elegantly finish'd
with lace, in biscuit 3Z.
39 A curious group of three figures, richly enamel'd, Minerva
crowning Constancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra,
with a pyramid in the middle, highly finish'd in bur
nish'd gold 6t
40 A pair of caudle-cups, richly enamel'd, with a fine blue
celeste and pompadour border, and highly finish'd in
burnish'd and chas'd gold 4Z. 5s.
41 Eight ice cream cups and covers, highly finish'd in fine
mazarine blue and gold 2Z. 16s.
42 Four antique urns and pedestals, in biscuit it 19s.
43 Four vine-leaves, enamel'd in natural flowers, for a desert
it 12s.
44 A pair of Welch taylor and family riding on goats, finely
enamel'd in flowers, and burnish'd gold it is.
45 A pair of small Dresden shepherds, enamel'd in flowers,
and burnish'd gold it is.
46 A pair of Chelsea scollop'd bottles enamell'd in birds, pea-
green ground, and richly finish'd in burnish'd and chas'd
gold 4Z. 17s. 47 Four

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Lot47 Four small cabbage leaves, painted in natural flowers, for a
desert it 7s.
48 A pair of Dresden shepherds, with a dog and lamb, finely
enamel'd in flowers, and burnish'd gold- 18s.
49 A pair of curious sitting figures, a gentleman reading, and
a lady knotting, most elegantly finish'd with lace 5Z. 5s.
50 Four pomatum pots, enamel'd in flowers, and highly finish'd
with mazarine blue and gold it 4s.
51 A small dejeune, enamel'd in Cupids, after Busha, and
richly finish'd with burnish'd gold 2Z. 10s.
52 A pair of curious figures, Gardiner and Companion, in
biscuit it 7s.
53 Four cabbage-leaves, enamel'd in natural flowers, for a
desert it 9s.
54 Four vine-leaves, enamel'd in flowers, for ditto it 12s.
55 A pair of small Welch taylor and family riding on goats,
enamel'd in flowers, and burnish'd gold it 2s.
56 A set of curious antique seasons and pedestals, in biscuit 3Z.
57 A pair of large four scollop'd jars with curious handles,
enrich'd with burnish'd gold, and finely enamel'd in
compartments with AZneas and Dido, and richly orna
mented with a chas'd gold frame of bullrushes nt ns.
58 Four small cabbage-leaves, enamel'd in flowers after nature,
for a desert it 8s.
59 Three vine-leaves in ditto for ditto it 2s., Mrs. Middleton.
60 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle, in biscuit 5Z. 15 s.
61 A very curious pair of figures, Prudence and Discretion,
each with antique urns on a pedestal, in biscuit 4I.
62 A set of antique seasons on pedestals, with rais'd festoons
in chas'd and burnish'd gold, and elegantly enamel'd in
colours 4Z.
63 A pair of figures, Gardener and Companion, finely enamel'd
in colours, and burnish'd gold it is.
64 Four small cabbage-leaves, enamel'd in flowers after nature,
for a desert it 7s.
65 Four pomatum-pots finely enamel'd in roses, and a rich gold
dentil edge it 16s.
66 Two pair of Cupids and Bacchus riding on goats and
panthers, on pedestals, in biscuit 3Z. 8s.
67 Two curious small perfume pots of the fine pompadour
ground, enamel'd in compartment in figures, with the
story of Circe poisoning the water, and Glaucus and
Sylla on the other, finely decorated with burnish'd gold
7t 7s. 68 A

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Lot 68 A pair of small Dresden shepherds, curiously enamel'd in
colours and burnish'd gold 18s.
69 Two fine perfume jars, enamel'd in flowers, and finely
finish'd in pea-green, and burnish'd gold 6Z. 6s.
70 A curious set of small antique seasons and pedestal, in
biscuit 2Z.
71 A large jar, curiously enamel'd in Chinese figures and
birds, and richly ornamented with burnished gold 6t
7 2 A pair of small curious figures, finely finished with lace
2Z. 19s.
73 A pair of small Dresden shepherds, finely enamel'd in
colours and burnished gold 18s. 6d.
74 A pair of curious small perfume vases, with a fine pea-grpen
' ground, elegantly enamel'd with figures and flowers, and
richly finished with burnished gold 7Z. 7s.
75 Six cream cups, elegantly finished in fine mazarine blue and
burnished gold 2Z. 2 s.
76 A pair of curious figures, a gentleman reading, and a lady
knotting, elegantly finished with lace, in biscuit 5Z. 5 s.
77 A curious desert service, with fine pompadour ground,
curiously enamel'd with festoons of green flowers, ele
gantly finished in a most superb manner, with burnished
and chased gold, consisting of two dozen plates 63Z.
78 A pair of ice-pails, with a fine mazarine' blue ground,
enamell'd in compartments, with the four seasons, finely
painted, and richly decorated with burnish'd and chas'd
gold 7Z.
79 A pair of ditto, of the same beauty and elegance 6Z. 17s. 6d.
80 1 A fluted jar, enamell'd in flowers, a fine pea green ground,
and richly finish'd in burnish'd gold
81 1 Two beakers ditto, ofthe same beauty and elegance 5Z. 5 s.
82 A jar, enamell'd in birds, with a fine mazarine blue
ground, and richly finish'd in burnish'd and chas'd gold
4Z. 14s. 6d.
83 Two beakers ditto, of the same beauty and elegance 5Z. 17s. 6d.
84 A curious group of 'three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle, in biscuit 5Z. 17s. 6d.
85 A curious pair of figures, a gentleman playing on the flute,
and a lady singing, in biscuit 4I.

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THIRD DAY's SALE.
FRIDAY, April 19, 1771.
Lot
1 A CURIOUS pair of small figures. Prudence and
_^\_ Discretion, and pedestals, in biscuit 14s.
2 A pair of figures, with an alter-piece, in biscuit it 10s.
3 Four cabbage leaves, for a desert, enamel'd in flowers,
after Nature it ns. 6d.
4 Two caudle-cups and covers, with handles, finely painted
with medalions, and gold festoons, finely chased with
burnish'd gold, and a fine Mosaick ground 2Z. 12s. 6d.
5 A curious group of figures, Minerva crowning Constancy,
and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid in
the middle, in biscuit 5/.
6 Four shell pattern comports, enamel'd in flowers, with a
, gold shell, and ornamented in gold 2I. gs.
7 A complete tea and coffee equipage, enamel'd in birds, and
a fine gold edge 4I.
8 A pair of caudle-cups, covers and plates, enamel'd with
Cupids, after Busha, and a rich gold dentil edge 2Z. 2s.
9 A set of curious antique seasons and pedestals, in biscuit
2Z. 1 8s.
10 A fine jar for purfume, enamel'd with flowers, and finely
ornamented with pea green and burnished gold 3Z.
11 Two pomatum pots, enamel'd in compartment, with the
four seasons, and a fine mazarine blue, and elegantly
finished with chased gold 1 1 9s.
1 2 Four curious small antique vases and pedestals for a desert
it 12s.
13 A pair of small Welch taylor and family, riding on goats,
finely enamel'd in flowers and burnished gold it is.
14 A pair of small gardener, boy, and girl, elegantly finished
with lace, in biscuit 3Z.
14 A pair of caudle cups, covers and stands, with a fine celeste
blue and pompadour border, richly finish'd in burnished
and chased gold 4I.
16 A set of antique seasons and pedestals, in biscuit 2Z. 19s.
17 A pair of Dresden shepherds, finely enamel'd in flowers
and burnish'd gold it 6s., Lady Blunt.
18 A pair of figures, with an altar-piece in biscuit it 9s.
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Lot 19 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle, in biscuit 4I. 17s. 6d.
20 Six ice cream cups and covers, all enamel'd in flowers,
different patterns, and gold dentil edges it 10s.
21 Four small cabbage leaves, enamel'd in natural flowers for
a desert it 10s.
22 A curious set of antique seasons and pedestals, in biscuit 3Z.
.23 Four small cabbage leaves, enamel'd in flowers for a desert
it ns. 6d.
24 A pair of antique jars, of three figures, on a pedestal, a
fine crimson ground, with groups of chased gold
flowers and swags, and finely decorated with burnished
gold iot 2s. 6d.
25 A pair of figures, with an altar-piece, in biscuit it 9s.
26 A pair of musical figures for candlesticks, enameled in
flowers and burnished gold 2Z. 98.
27 A fine large jar, in pea-green ground, enamel'd with natural
birds and flowers, cmiously ornamented with burnished
chased gold 4I. 4s.
28 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle, in biscuit 4Z. 17s. 6d.
29 A set of small antique seasons on pedestals, finely enamel'd,
and richly finished in burnished gold 3Z. is.
30 Six small antique vases and pedestals,,for a desert, in biscuit
2Z. 3s.
31 Two row-waggon jars, in four compartments, enamel'd in
figures, Bacchus and Ariadne, Chinese handles, and
richly ornamented in burnished and chased gold 9Z.
32 Four small cabbage leaves, enamel'd in flowers, after Nature,
for a desert it 9s., Lady Blunt
33 A pair of figures, with an altar-piece, in biscuit it ns.
34 A set of honey-comb jars, finely ornamented with burnished
gold 3Z. 4s.
35 Two pair of Cupid and Bacchus riding on goats and
panthers, and pedestals, in biscuit 3Z 9s.
36 A pair of antique jars, with goats heads, a fine pea-green
ground, highly finished with burnished gold, on pedes
tals 8t 2s. 6d.
37 Six coffee cups, enamel'd in Cupids, after Busha, and fine
gold dentil edges it 19s.
38 Four large cabbage leaves, enamel'd in flowers, after Nature,
for deserts it 13s.
39 A set of curious antique seasons and pedestals, in bis
cuit 3Z. 40 A

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Lot
40 A pair of large jars, enamel'd in birds, and highly finished
in burnished gold 8t 1 7s. 6d.
41 A complete tea and coffee equipage, finely enamel'd with
strings of green flowers and crimson veins, finely finished
with gold handles and dentil edges nt 12s. 6d.
42 Two jars and covers, finely enamel'd, in compartments,
finely ornamented in gold, and a green ground it 5s.
43 Two curious square jars, for perfume, with the heads of the
four seasons, finely enamel'd with pastoral figures and
flowers, in compartments, a fine claret colour ground,
and richly finished with burnished gold iot 10s.
44 A large vase, with handles; of the fine mazarine blue, most
curiously ornamented with burnished and chased gold
8t 8s.
45 Ditto, of the same beauty and elegance 8t 8s.
46 Two large ice-pots, finely enamel'd in flowers, and elegantly
finished with burnished gold 5Z. 5 s.
47 A pair of small ice-pails, of the much admired mazarine
blue ground, with compartments enamel'd, the four
seasons, and richly ornamented with burnished and
chased gold 7Z. 7 s.
48 A large jar, with handles, of the fine mazarine blue, with
birds chased in gold, and richly finished with burnished
gold 4?. 4s.
49 A curious jar, of the fine mazarine blue, in compartments,
enamel'd in figures and birds, most elegantly decorated
with burnished and chased gold 5Z. 2 s. 6d.
56 Two smaller ditto, of the same beauty and elegance 8t 8s.
5 1 A complete tea and coffee equipage, elegantly finished with
white and gold dentil edges 7Z. 17 s. 6d.
52 Two beautiful small perfume vases, ofthe rich crimson and
gold royal pattern 7Z. r7s. 6d.
53 A pair of large ice-pails, with the fine mazarine blue com
partment enamel'd, the four seasons, and superbly
finished in chased and burnished gold iot
54 Eight fluted cream cups and covers, in white and gold,
dentil edges 2I. 2s.
55 t A large antique jar in compartments, painted in Cupids,
¦ after Busha, and fine pompadour ground, most superbly
finished in burnished and chased gold
56 (.Ditto, of the same beauty and elegance 44Z.
57 A set of honey-comb jars, three pieces, finely enamel'd, and
rich burnished gold border 3Z.
58 A pair of sitting figures, a gentleman reading, and a lady
knotting, mOst curiously ornamented with lace, in
biscuit 3?. 13s. 6d. 59 A

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Lot 59 A set of large French seasons, enaniel'd in flowers, richly
finished in burnished gold 5Z. 7s. 6d.
60 A complete tea and coffee equipage, fine pompadour
ground, enamel'd in flowers, and superbly finished in
burnished and chased gold 18Z.
61 A pair of curious figures, a gentleman reading, and a lady
knotting, elegantly finished in lace, in biscuit 4Z. 4s.
62 A set of fluted jars, enamel'd in gold circles and roses, and
elegantly finished in burnished gold 7Z.
63 A pair of small gardener and companion, most curiously
worked with lace 3Z. is., Lady Dillon
64 A set of small heart-shap'd jars, compartments painted in
Cupids, after Busha, fine mazarine blue ground, and
elegantly finished in burnished and chased gold 6t
65 A pair of dressing-boxes, ornamented with two Cupids
playing with a lamb, fine mazarine blue ground, and
elegantly finished in chased gold 2Z. is.
66 A most curious and matchless, complete, desert service,
fine pompadour and blue celeste border, with festoons
of chased gold, enamel'd in flowers after the French,
and a rich gold border, consisting of two dozen plates
63Z., Morgan.
67 A jar, ornamented with flowers, after Nature; finely painted
in Cupids, after Busha ; and highly finish'd in burnish'd
gold, and a fine pea-green ground 2Z. is.
68 Two beakers, of the same elegance and beauty 2I. igs.
69 A compleat tea and coffee equipage, enamel'd in festoons
of green flowers, and a fine gold donteel (sic) edge iot
70 A ditto, ditto, double shape, highly finish'd, in white and
gold donteeledge 7Z. 7s.
71 A group of three figures, Minerva crowning Constancy,
and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid in the
middle, in biscuit 5Z. 10s.
72 Two pair of Bacchus and Cupids riding on goats and
panthers, on oblong pedestals, emboss'd festoons, in
biscuit 4Z. 2s.
73 Two curious bottles, enamel'd in flowers, after the French,
with an exceeding fine blue celeste ground, and curiously
finished in chased gold 5Z. 5s.
74 A pair of small heart-shape jars, enamel'd in flowers, and
richly ornamented with burnished and chased gold 4I.
75 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle, elegantly finished with burnished gold 6t
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pair of junquil jars, pea-green ground, compartments
curiously enamel'd with a shepherd and shepherdess,
and elegantly finished in burnished gold iot 10s.
77 A fine oval jar, with a fine crimson ground, in compart
ments, enamel'd with figures, of Venus and Adonis,
gold flowers chased, and richly ornamented with bur
nished gold iot 1 os.
78 Two small perfume vases, finely enrich'd with burnish'd
gold, most curiously painted in Cupids and flowers, and
a fine mosaic ground 61. 6s.
79 A curious set of antique seasons, finely enamel'd in colours,
and most richly decorated' with burnish'd and chas'd
gold 4Z. 4s.
80 A fine group of three figures, Minerva crowning Constancy,
and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid in the
middle, in biscuit 4/. 19s.
81 A curious antique jar of the fine mazarine blue ground in
compartment, enamel'd finely, marbled, and highly
finish'd in burnish'd and chas'd gold 14Z. 14s.
82 A pair of curious caudle cups, covers and plates, of the
fine blue celeste, finely enamel'd- with gold chain, and
gold ornament handles 61. 6s.
83 Two beakers, enamell'd in birds, with blue compartments,
highly finish'd, with burnish'd and chased gold 5Z. 5s.
84 A jar and two beakers, French pattern, with a fine sea-
green ground, enamell'd in flowers, and highly finish'd
in burnish'd and chased gold 7Z. 17 s. 6d.
85 A set of antique seasons, on pedestals, in biscuit 2Z. 19s.

FOURTH DAY's SALE.
SATURDAY, April 20, 1771.
Lot
1 /~\ NE pair of small sitting figures, most curiously finished
\^/ with lace, in biscuit 3Z.
2 A small four scollop'd jar, enamell'd in flowers, and richly
finish'd with burnish'd gold it 10s.
3 A round jar and cover, pierc'd with a fine blue celeste and
pompadour ground, richly decorated with gold 4Z.
4 A pair of curious figures, a gentleman reading, and a lady
knotting, finely finish'd in lace 4Z. 17s. 6ot
5 A pair of caudle-cups and stands, of that much admired
mazarine blue and glod, (sic) curiously enamell'd in pea
cocks feathers, and gold festoons, chased 6t 6s.
6 Three pair of curious small caudle-cups, covers and plates,
finely painted in Cupids, after Busha, in compartments,
and fine blue celeste, curiously ornamented, with chased
gold, and gold ornamented handles 12Z.
7 Six chocolate-cups and saucers, finely painted in flowers,
after the manner of the French, with gold ^dentil edge
and gilt handles it 14s.
8 A pair of French pattern chocolate-cups and saucers,
finely enamell'd in Cupids, after Busha, with twisted
handles, ornamented with gold, and fine gold dentil
edge 2Z. 17s.
9 A group of three figures, Minerva crowning Constancy,
and Hercules killing the hydra, with a pyramid in the
middle, in biscuit 4I. gs.
10 A pair of figures, Prudence and Discretion, with a curious
antique urn, on a pedestal, in biscuit 3Z. 9s.
11 A set of curious antique seasons, on pedestals, with embost
festoons, in biscuit $1. gs.
12 A set of curious antique season urns and pedestals, in
biscuit 2I. 2s,
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Lot
13 A pair of new gardeners, in biscuit 18s., Sir C. Hardy
14 Eight pip'd pomatum-pots, in fine pea-green and gold
2t 2S.
15 A gentleman playing on the flute, and a lady singing, most
curiously finished, with lace, in biscuit 5Z. 5 s.
16 Two curious antique beakers of the fine mazarine blue
ground, elegantly painted, the triumph of Bacchus,
highly finish'd, with burnish'd and chased gold 21 1
17 A pair of honey-comb jars, finely enamell'd it 4s.
18 Two small jars, with handles, finely ornamented in gold,
with a crimson ground, enamell'd in compartments,
with a girl feeding her poultry, &c. 6t 6s.
19 Two small jars for perfume, of the much admired mazarine
blue and gold, finely painted in figures, with the nymph
Hysperia flying from her lover, treads on a serpent,
and is stung to death ; the other Thetis and Proteus
6t 1 os.
20 Four large cabbage-leaves, in flowers, after nature, for a
desert 2Z. 2s., Mr. Knight.
21 One pair of figures, Prudence and Discretion, finely
enamell'd, each with a curious antique vase, on a
pedestal, with emboss'd festoons, in chased gold 4Z. 10s.
22 A curious group of three figures, Minerva crowning Con
stancy, and Hercules killing the hydra, with a pyramid
in the middle 6t
23 A pair of caudle-cups, with a fine blue celeste and pompa
dour border, elegantly finish'd with chas'd and burnish'd
gold 4Z. 4s.
24 Six pomatum-pots, fine mazarine blue and gold 3Z. is.
25 Two curious figures, a gentleman, and lady knotting,
elegantly finish'd in lace 5Z. 2s. 6d.
26 Three caudle-cups, with rich ornamented handles, finely
painted in Cupids, and a rich gold frame 6t 8s. 6d.
27 (¦ A curious antique jar, with a fine crimson ground, embost
! festoons, with green and gold curtains, superbly
finish'd, with burnish'd and chased gold
28 I A ditto of the same beauty and elegance 36 1
29 A pair of caudle-cups, covers and plates, finely painted in
festoons of flowers, with a curious crimson and gold
border, and gold ornament handles 3Z. 3s.
30 A pair of four scollop'd Chelsea jars, enamell'd in natural
birds and flowers, and richly finish'd in burnish'd gold
8t 2s. 6d.
3 1 A pair of Cupid and Flora chandeliers, finely enamell'd,
and elegantly finish'd in burnish'd gold 6t 6s. 32 A

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Lot
32 A set of curious antique seasons, on pedestals, finely ena
mell'd, and elegantly finish'd in burnish'd gold 4Z. 3s.
33 One jar and two beakers, with handles, of exceeding fine
blue celeste, remarkably fine, enamell'd in Cupids, and
gold edges 7Z. 7s.
34 A pair of jars ditto, of the same beauty and elegance
5Z. 2s. 6d.
35 A pair of curious biscuit figures, a gentleman, and lady
, knotting 5Z.
36 Six coffee-cups, enamell'd in Cupids, and fine green and
gold border 2Z. 4s. ,
37 A pair of caudle-cups, with fine blue celeste and pompadour
border, most richly finish'd in chas'd gold 4Z. 4s.
38 A pair of small sitting figures, curiously finish'd in lace
2Z. 19s.
39 Two curious row-waggons, enamell'd in natural birds and
flowers, and elegantly finish'd with burnsh'd gold 7Z
40 Four large cabbage-leaves, enamell'd in flowers, after nature,
for a desert 2Z. 2s.
41 A compleat tea and coffee equipage of that much admired
crimson ground, painted in natural, flowers, and richly
ornamented in burnish'd and chas'd gold, with gold
dentil edges 30Z.
42 Six pair of curious large caudle cups,- covers and plates, with
a fine blue celest ground, with festoons of, gold flowers,
chased, finely finish'd with peacocks feathers, and gold
ornament handles 12Z. 10s.
43 A fine antique jar, with blue celeste ground, most curiously
ornamented with burnish'd and chased gold flowers, a
fine painting of Neptune calming the seas 18Z. 18s.
44 1 A ditto of the fine mazarine blue ground, curiously orna
mented with chased and burnish'd gold, with the head
of a river-god, and gold swags
45 I A ditto of the same beauty and elegance 36Z.
46 A pair of xaudle-cups, covers and plates, enamell'd with
the four seasons in Cupids, after Busha, with a fine
crimson ground, and highly finish'd with burnish'd gold
4. 4s.
47 Four large cabbage-leaves, enamell'd in natural flowers, for
a desert it 8s.
48 A curious large egg-shape jar, enamell'd with the story of
Circe poisoning the water that Celia had bathed in,
most curiously chased with festoons of gold flowers,
enrich'd with burnish'd gold, on a crimson ground
18Z. 18s. e 49 A

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Lot 49 A most elegant and compleat desert-service, the design re
markable fine, with a border of that curious blue
celeste, enamell'd with groups and festoons of flowers,
highly finish'd, in chased and burnish'd gold, consisting
of two dozen of plates and 20 compoteers 65 1
50 Two curious sitting figures, a gentleman playing on a flute,
and a lady singing, in biscuit 5Z. 2s. 6d.
51 Two small ditto, ornamented with fruit, and a basket of
flowers, most elegantly finish'd with lace 2I. igs.
52 Four small antique vases on pedestals, with emboss'd fes
toons, in biscuit 1 1 9s.
53 A pair of curious sitting figures, a gentleman reading, and
a lady knotting, most elegantly finish'd with lace, in
biscuit 5 1
54 A pair of figures, gardiner and companion, in biscuit 18s.
55 A pair of elegant sitting figures, a gentleman reading, and
a lady playing on musick, most curiously finish'd with
lace, in biscuit 5Z.
56 A most curious and elegant crimson tea and coffee equi
page, superbly finish'd, with festoons of chased gold
flowers 32Z., Williams
5 7 A remarkable fine dejeune, in the true French taste, finely
painted with the quarters of the world, highly finish'd
with burnish'd and chased gold 12Z.
58 A curious antique jar, with the story of Vertumnus and
Pomona, from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with a curious
gold gadroon frame, and entwin'd with ribbands and
garlands of chased gold flowers, on a crimson ground,
highly finish'd with burnish'd gold 2.0 1
'A curious crimson desert service, consisting of two dozen
of plates, finely enamell'd with groups of flowers and
fruit, in three compartments, finely ornamented with
j chased and burnish'd gold
* Four large dishes to ditto
Six less ditto
Four large composts to ditto
\Four less ditto 65 1, Morgan
64 A curious antique jar, with the head of a river-god, with
gold swags, with a ground of the fine ultramarine blue,
most curiously decorated with chased and burnish'd
gold, blue, remarkably fine 20Z.
65 Two Junquil jars, with crimson ground, in two compart
ments, curiously painted with figures, after Teniei1,
(sic) finely ornamented with burnish'd and chased- gold
15Z. 15s. 66 A

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Lot 66 A capital and superb pot-pouret and pedestal, curiously
enamell'd in figures of a Dutch family, after Tenier,
with landscapes and figures in six compartments, ele-.
gantly fine, enrich'd with chased gold flowers, and highly
finish'd in burnish'd gold 63Z.
67 A pair of caudle-cups, covers and stands, with a fine blue
celeste ground, enamell'd with gold chain, and gold
ornament handles 6t 5s.
68 A capital and superb desert-service, of crimson ground,
curiously enamell'd with flowers, finely ornamented with
garlands of chas'd gold flowers, and highly finish'd with
burnish'd gold, consisting of three dozen of plates, 12
dishes & 8 compoteers 84Z., Morgan
69 A set of curious small antique seasons, on pedestals, in
biscuit it 19s.
70 A group of three figures, Minerva crowning of Constancy,
and Hercules killing the Hydra, with a pyramid in the
middle, in biscuit 4Z. 19s.
71 1 A jar, enamell'd in birds, with a fine mazarine blue ground,
most richly decorated with chas'd and burnish'd gold
72 I A pair of beakers ofthe same beauty and elegance gl. gs.
73 A curious large antique urn, finely enamell'd with Cupids,
with the triumph of Bacchus around it, most curiously
chased with gold borders, and highly finish'd, with
burnish'd gold, on a rich crimson ground 63 1, Morgan
74 1 A curious jar and cover, of the fine crimson ground, in
compartments, curiously enamel'd, with a shepherd
and shepherdess with lambs, dogs, &c. finely finish'd
with burnish'd and chased gold
75 I A beaker to do. of the same beauty, with landscapes and
figures in compartments
76\One ditto 24Z. 3s.
77 A most grand and magnificent large essence jar, finely
enamel'd, with the Story of AENEAS sacrificing to
Apollo at Cuma, with a landscape and figures highly
finish'd, and most curiously chased with festoons of
gold flowers, enrich'd with burnish'd gold, on the much-
admir'd crimson ground — A remarkable fine piece
85 1, Jones
78 Two jars, decorated with double-stock Julyflowers, with a
crimson ground, enamel'd with figures, after Teniers, and
enrich'd with gold 15 1 15s.
79 (A curious antique jar, with a fine sea-green ground, finely
marbled in gold, with emboss'd festoons and gold
gaderoon borders, highly finish'd with chased gold
80 1 A ditto of the same beauty and elegance 34Z. 81 A

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Lot
8 1 A pair of large ice pails, with a fine mazarine blue ground,
end finely finish'd with gold iot ios.
82 A large dejeune, consisting of a tea-pot, milk-pot, sugar-
box, two cups and two saucers, the stand for ditto most
curiously painted in Cupids, with a musical triumph,
with a fine blue celeste ground round the compartment,
curiously chased with gold bull-rushes, and ornamented
with burnish'd gold 1 2Z. 1 2s.
83 A small ditto painted in Cupids, with gold edges 2Z. 1 is.
84 A pair of curious caudle cups, covers and plates, of the
fine blue celeste, enamel'd in Cupids, after Busha,
in fine gold chain, ornamented with gold handles
12Z. is. 6d.
85 A pair of fine Cupid and Flora chandeliers, finely enamel'd,
and richly decorated with burnish'd gold 6t 6s.

A
CATALOGUE (PART THE FIRST)
Of the last Year's Produce of the DERBY and
CHELSEA
PORCELAINE MANUFACTORIES
CONSISTING OF
Various elegant Ornaments in Vases, Urns, Altars, Tripods,
&c. ; the Shapes and Decorations imitating the most
esteemed Pieces of Antiquity ;
Several Desert Services, Tea and Coffee Eqipages,
Dejunes, &c, skilfully adapted for their respective Pur
poses, and enriched and painted with great Delicacy ;
The principal Articles peculiarly distinguished with the Ultra
marine, blue and green Celeste, Mazarine, Pompadour,
Aquamarine, and other beautiful Colours, ingeniously
blended with rich burnished Gold ;
The Biscuit Groups and Figures, of which there are great
Variety, are modelled with the utmost Nicety, and par
ticularly suited for the Embellishment of Deserts.
Which, by Order of Messrs. Duesbury and Co.
Will be Sold by Auction,
By Mr. CHRIS TIE,
At his Great Room, the Royal Academy, Pall Mall,
On Tuesday, the 9th, and Wednesday, the ioth of February,
1773-
To be viewed on the Saturday and Monday preceding the Sale, which will
begin at Twelve o'clock.
Catalogues may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c.
Of February gth and ioth, 1773.

Apollo and four muses, Calliope and Terpsichore, Urania and
Melpomone, finely modelled, in biscuit iZ. 10s.
Four pomatum pots, enamelled with husks of fine ultramine
blue, and richly finished with gold, it 5s., Lady Bute
A set of small antique vases on pedestals, enamelled with fine
aquamarine, and richiy finished with gold it 16s.
A pair of card toilet botfles (spade) enamelled with fine pea-
green and crimson, and richly finished with gold
3Z. is.*
A pair of sitting figures, with dog and cattle, finely enamelled,
and richly furnished with lace 2Z. 2s.
A pair of jars and pedestals, with a fine fawn-coloured ground,
goats heads, white, and richly finished with burnish'd
and chased gold 4Z. 6s.
A curious antique jar and pedestal, a fine crimson ground,
white and gold curtains, and most richly finished with
gold 61. 6s.
A pair of small jars and pedestals, a fine green ground, goats
heads, white, and richly decorated with gold 4Z.
Two groups of the elements Earth and Air, finely modelled in
biscuit it ns.
* These card-shaped bottles were not large, but bizarre in form. The
only decoration consisted of a coloured representation of a court card, with
mask handles in relief. In Lord Ashburton's sale, at Messrs. Christie,
Manson, & Wood's, in 1869, a pair of Heart-shaped in turquoise ; also a
pair of Diamond-shaped white with red borders, each having pedestals
bearing scrolls and rams' heads, but no tops, sold for ;£loo each pair : —
a high price for such a small amount of art.
Two

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Two ditto Fire and Water of the same beauty and elegance
it ns.
A pair of cabinet cups striped with gold, and finely enamelled
in flowers 2Z. 19s.
A pair of antique jars and pedestals, with a fine blue celeste
ground, enamelled in flowers, and richly finished in
gold 14Z. 3s. 6ct
Four muses, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Thalia and Urania, finely
modelled, in biscuit it 3s.
A pair of perfume vases and pedestals with swages of fine
ultramarine blue, and richly finished with burnished
and chased gold 3Z. 10s., Lady Bute
A pair of sitting figures, gentleman singing and lady playing
on the guitar, finely finished with lace, in biscuit
2Z. is.
A complete desert service, finely enamelled in green and gold,
viz., 2 dozen of plates and 20 compoteers, different
sizes 2 it
Two groups, Poetry and Grammar, finely modelled, in biscuit,
it ns.
A set of antique jars and pedestals, with a fine blue celeste
ground, and most superbly finished with gold 19't 8s. 6d.
Six coffee cups and saucers, enamelled in Cupids after Boucher,
and fine blue celeste and gold chain 3Z.
A pair of ice pails, finely enamelled in Cupids, after Boucher,
in a chased gold frame, and fine blue celeste bullrushes
3Z. is.
A pair of elegant sitting figures, finely enamelled, gentleman
reading and lady knotting, and richly finished with gold
2Z. 13s.
A pair of curious . tripods, enamelled with a fine jet ground,
and richly finished with burnished and chased gold
7Z. 17s. 6d.
An altar dedicated to Bacchus, enamelled in figures, a fine
crimson ground, and superbly decorated with gold
8t 2 s. 6d.
A pair of jonquil jars, enamelled in compartments with figures
and birds, a fine crimson ground and richly finished
with gold 6t 1 6s. 6d.
Four muses : Urania, Thalia, Erato and Melpomene, finely
modelled in biscuit it 3s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, finely enamelled with
flowers, with alaurel border, and gold dentel edge 12Z. 12s.
A pair of card toilet-bottles (club) finely enamelled and richly
finished with burnished and chased gold 2Z. 19s. A

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A complete desert service, finely enamelled in Cupids, after
Boucher, with a border of fine aquamarine blue, and
gold bullrushes tied with crimson ribbons, and gold
dentil edge, viz., 2 dozen plates, and 20 compoteers,
different sizes 36Z. 4s. 6d.
Two groups of the elements, Fire and Water, finely modelled
in biscuit it 9s.
A beautiful egg-shape jar, finely enamelled in compartments,
with landscape, matron and children, a fine crimson
ground and pedestal to ditto, most richly] finished with
burnished and chased gold 15 1 4s. 6d.
A complete desert service, viz., 2 doz. plates and 20 compo
teers, finely enamelled, in imitation of the old Japan
36Z. 15s.
A pair of French horn figures, and a pair Prudence and
Discretion, finely modelled, in biscuit it is.
A large griffin jar and pedestal, with a fine crimson ground,
superbly finished in gold 18Z. 18s.
A pair of sphinx jars and pedestals of the same beauty and
elegance 14Z. 13s. 6d.
Apollo and 4 muses, Erato, Clio, Urania and Calliope, finely
modelled in biscuit it 10s.
A complete desert or table service, viz., 3 dozen plates, and 20
dishes, different sizes, a fine crimson border enamelled
in flowers, and most superbly finished with gold 58 1 16s.
A dejune painted in Cupids, after Boucher, with a fine aqua
marine blue ground,, and richly decorated with gold 6Z
A pair of sitting figures, with a dog and cat, finely modelled,
.and elegantly finished with lace, in biscuit 2Z. is.
A large antique jar and pedestal, decorated with cupids,
dolphins, &c, a fine crimson ground and superbly
finished with gold 17Z. 17s.
A fine figure of Garrick, in the character of Richard the Third,
in biscuit it 10s.*
A curious antique jar, fine mazarine blue ground, with heads
of a river God and pedestal to ditto, most richly finished
with chased and burnished gold 7Z. 17s. 6d.
Two groups, music and painting and sculpture, finely modelled
in biscuit it 10s.
A pair of ice pails with a fine mazarine blue ground, enamelled
in compartments, the 4 seasons, and > richly decorated
with gold 6t 6s., Pigott.
* A specimen of this statuette, in biscuit, was knocked down at an
auction, in London, in 1880, for £6. A

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A pair of card toilet bottles, (diamonds) finely enamelled and
richly finished with burnished gold 3Z.
A pair of elegant dancing groups enamelled, finely modelled and
finished with burnished gold it 6s.
A pastoral group finely modelled with an antique vase,
enamelled and elegantly finished 3Z. 2s. 6d.
A compleat tea and coffee equipage fluted, enamelled, a crimson
ribbon entwined with laurel and gold, 45 pieces 12Z. 12s.
Two groups of the arts and sciences, viz., painting and sculp
ture and astronomy, in biscuit it 10s.
A bust of Voltaire, finely modelled in biscuit it ns. 6d.
Six chocolate cups and saUcers, enamelled with husks of fine
ultramarine and chased gold 4Z.
A large antique jar and pedestal, most curiously enamelled,
the triumph of Bacchus, and superbly finished, with
burnished and chased gold 39Z. 18s., Pollard*
A pair of antique jars and pedestals, enamelled with flowers
and medallions and striped in gold 6t 5s.
A pair of flower pots painted in compartments with figures
after Tenier, a fine mosaic ground, and highly finished
with gold iot
A pair of cabinet cups enamelled with flowers after nature on
a rich gold ground 4Z. 18s.
A pair of card toilet bottles, (Hearts) enamelled and richly
finished in burnished and chased gold 2Z. 19s.
A pot pourri and pedestal, a fine pea green ground, enamelled
the story of Midas, and most superbly finished with gold
iot 10s.
A large group, Jason and Medeaj vowing before the altar of
Diana, enamelled and richly finished with gold 3Z. 3s. f
* This is apparently the same Vase as one in possession of Morgan, the
dealer, in 1772, and described by him as " A large and magnificent Bac
chanalian Vase, with all the perfection of the antique ; the dance of
Bacchanals is a pleasing composition, of much merit, and the propriety of
the ornament and decoration are conspicuous and splendid." It seems to
have been sold again by Messrs. Christie, Manson, & Wood, in the Napier
collection, in April, 1877, as "An oviform Vase, painted with a Baccha
nalian procession of amorini, animals, &c, the upper part of the vase
maroon colour and gold, with satyr's masks, lions, and goats' heads in
relief— l6in. high."
The form is psuedo-classic, the frieze representing the Bacchanalian
procession running round the body of the vase is well painted, otherwise
the decoration is overcharged both in colour and gilding, and is not a
successful effort. In the Napier sale it only fetched ^30.
t In Sir R. Frederick's Collection sold at Messrs. Christie, Manson &
Wood's, in 1874, "A fine Group of Jason and Medea, vowing before the
Altar of Diana," fetched £29 10s. F

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A pair of antique bottles with a fine mazarine blue ground,
curiously ornamented with chased gold figures with the
dancing hours 15 1 4s. 6d.
A pair of curious antique urns and pedestals, with a fine fawn
colour ground, goats heads white, and most richly deco
rated with gold gl. igs. 6d.
A pair of caudle cups, and covers and stands, finely enamelled
in compartments, with antique jars and crimson and
gold curtains 2I. 3s., Lord Apsley
A pair of sitting figures with a dog and a cat, finely modelled
and curiously finished with lace, in biscuit 2Z., Lord
Peters
Opollo and 4 muses, viz. Terpsichore, Erato, Clio, and
Polyhymnia, finely modelled in biscuit it 5s.
A pair of sphinx jars and pedestals with a fine pea-green ground
and most superbly finished with gold 13Z. 13s.

CATALOGUE (PART the SECOND)
Of the Last Year's Produce
of THE
DERBY and CHELSEA
Porcelaine Manufactories,
Consisting of an Extensive Variety of Ornamental and Useful
Articles.
Those for Ornament are principally Designs from the Antique,
representing Tripods, Altars, Urns, Vases, Jars, &c,
embellished with beautiful Devices, elegantly enriched, and
particularly adapted for the Decoration of Chimney Pieces,
Cabinets, Toilets, &c.
The useful part comprehends Services for the Table and Desert,
Tea, Coffee and Chocolate Equipages, Caudle and Cabinet
Cups, Dejunes, &c. The Patterns new and singular, and in
the most approved Taste.
Biscuit Groupes and Single Figures in great Abundance, the
Subjects well Chosen, and the Modelling accurate ;
Which will be Sold by Auction
By Mr. CHRISTIE,
At his Great Room, the Royal Academy in Pall Mall
On Monday, the 29th of March 1773, and three following
days.
To be view'd on Friday and Saturday the 26th and 27th Instant, and to
the Sale, which will begin each day at Twelve o'clock.
Catalogues may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE

CATALOGUE, &c.

Of March 2gth, 1773, and three following days.

A small dejune in cupids, viz., 1 cup and saucer, a sugar box
cover and stand, and gold dentel edge 5Z.
A pair of jars, with a fine pea-green and faun colour ground
with white and gold curtains, and richly finished with
burnished gold 2/.
A pair of elegant groupes, Poetry and Music, on pedestals, in
biscuit it 14s.
A pair of row waggon bottles, finely enamelled in birds and
flowers and richly finished 3Z. 16s.
A pair of figures, with flute and cymbol, in biscuit 8s.
A pair of perfume jars with goats heads, chased, finely
enamelled with a marble ground and pedestals to ditto
most richly finished with burnished gold 4Z. 3s.
A jar and two beakers, finely enamelled in flowers, and crimson
stripes, and most richly finished with gold 2I. 7s.
A pair of card bottles • finely enamelled, king, queen, &c,
representing a diamond, and richly finished in gold
2Z. 19s.*
A pair of oval baskets, with shell handles enamelled in flowers,
richly gilt it 14s.

* In a fine collection of Porcelain sold at Messrs. Christie, Manson &
Wood's in June, 1875, "A pair of Diamond-shaped Candlesticks, with
white scroll handles, each with two medallions of playing-cards—on tur
quoise, white, and gold pedestals, with rams' heads and wreaths of foliage
in relief, with nozzles and plinths of or-molu," fetched 125 guineas. A

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An antique jar with a fine green ground, marbled in gold, and
elegantly enamelled in figures from Ovid's Metamor
phoses 5Z.
A large perfume vase and cover, with a fine Mozaic ground,
enamelled in compartments, the Trojan dames bearing
Polixenea to the place of burial, and richly finished
with gold 17Z. 6s. 6d.
A set of castors with silver tops, a fine crimson ground, and
richly finished with gold 3Z. 19s.
A pair, of perfume jars, with a fine crimson ground, orna
mented with stock July flowers, and enamelled in
compartments with pastoral figures. 5Z. 15 s.
A pair of figures, Shakespear and Milton, enameled and orna
mented with gold 3Z. 2 s.
A pair of caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock pattern and
fine mazarine blue and gold 3Z. 18s.
A pair of laughing figures enamelled white and gold, dressing
a macarony dog and cat 17 s.*
Four vine leaves enamelled in flowers and fine mazarine, blue
and gold 2Z. 10s.
A large round cream bowl, cover and stand, fine mazareen blue
and gold 2Z. 16 s.
Four pomatum pots crimson ground painted in compartments,
with landscapes and figures it 14s.
A large antique jar and pedestal, crimson ground, finely
enamelled in compartments, the story of Vertumnus and
Pomona, and superbly finished with gold 12Z. 12s.
An inkstand enamelled in flowers it 7s.
Four round pierced baskets,' in green flowers 19s.
A dozen of plates finely painted with insects 3Z. 19s.
A group of the Virtues, enamelled and elegantly finished with
gold 3Z. 3s.
Two side pieces to ditto, with antique urns, equal in beauty
and elegance 2Z. is.
A large ornamental jar finely enamelled in compartment, the
story Ulysses forcing Circe to restore his companions to
their former shape, and most richly marbled with gold
iot 10s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, enamelled peacock
pattern, and richly finished with chased and burnished
gold 14Z.
Six chocolate cups and saucers enamelled in festoons of flowers
after the French, and gold dentil edge 3Z. is.
* A similar pair of figures sold in London by auction last year for
£5 &¦ A

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A pair of figures enamelled, viz. a sportsman and companion
with his dog and gun 16s.*
A pair of row waggons enamelled in compartments from Ovid's
Metamorphoses, a fine crimson ground and richly
finished with gold 9Z.
A pair of figures, Bacchus and Cupid riding on a Goat and
Panther and pedestals in biscuit it
A pair antique urns and pedestals, a fine apple green ground
and most superbly finished with gold 7Z. 17^-. 6d. ,
A large antique jar and pedestal with swages of fine blue
celeste, and most superbly finished with gold 8t, Giles
Two side pieces to ditto, and pedestals of the same beauty and
elegance 6Z. 2 s. 6d., Giles
A pair of perfume vases and pedestals, a fine pea-green ground
and festoons of raised flowers, white and gold
9Z. 19s. 6d.
A pair, Bacchus and Cupid riding on a goat and panther, and
pedestal, finely modelled, in biscuit 1 1 8s.
A fine group of three figures Jason and Medea vowing before
the altar of Diana 3Z.
A pair of chandelier jars, a fine pea-green ground and most
superbly finished, with chased and burnished gold 7Z.
A noble group of a hussar and companion, finely enamelled
and richly gilt 4Z. 17s. 6d.
A most noble Griffin jar and pedestal with a ground of fine
blue celeste and superbly finished with chased and
burnished gold 19Z. 19s.
A pint mug and a half pint, enamelled after the old Japan and
finished with fine mazarine blue and gold 19s.
A most grand and magnificent large essence jar, finely ena-
melld, the story of iEneas sacrificing to Apollo at
Cumse, with a landscape and figures, a fine crimson
ground, and most superbly finished with chased and
burnishd gold 42 1
An inkstand, fine mazarine blue and gold 4I. 15s.
A compleat dessert service, enamelled in Cupids after Boucher,
and gold circles and roses, viz. 2 doz plates, and 20
compoteers, different sizes. 36Z.
A pair of caudle cups, covers and stands, enamelled in flowers,
and fine pea green and gold border 2I. 2s.
A pair of curious tripods with a fine crimson ground, and
superbly finished with burnished and chased gold.
8Z. 8s.
* A charming pair of these figures fetched 10/. ior. at Messrs. Sotheby
Hand Co.'s Auction Rooms in 1872. A

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A pair of large urns and pedestals, a fine mazarine blue ground,
. and chased gold swages nt us.
A pair pomatum pots enameled with husks of fine Ultramarine
blue, and enriched with burnished and chased gold 17$.
A set small antique vases, on white pedestals, panels, enameled
with a fine chocolate colour, and richly finished with
burnished and chased gold it 13s.
A pair antique beakers, on pedestals, in biscuit ns.
An elegant perfume pot, cover and pedestal, a fine green
ground, enameled in compartments with figures after
Burgam, and richly finished 12Z. is. 6d.
A pair of sacrifice figures, finely modeled in biscuit it 4s.,
Lord Eliot
An inkstand enameled in flowers, and elegantly finished with
gold it 13s., Lord Campbell
A groupe of the three virtues, in biscuit 2Z. 8s.
A large Griffin vase and pedestal with a fine crimson ground
and most superbly finished with gold 18Z. 17s. 6d.
A pair antique jars and pedestals, a fine apple green ground
with goats heads, white and richly finished with gold
3Z. 19s.
A pair of perfume jars and covers, ornamented with flowers
after nature, a fine pea-green ground, and finished with
burnished gold 5Z.
A pair of ice-pails, painted ih compartments with figures from
Ovid's Metamorphoses, and richly finished with gold
2Z. 9s., Giles
An altar dedicated to Bacchus, enameled with figures, a fine
crimson ground, richly gilt, 7Z. 10s.
TwO oval cream bowis, covers and stands, enameled in fruit
and insects, and gold dentel edge 2Z. 3s., Lady Elliott

A
CATALOGUE O F
PART of the REMAINING STOCK
OF THE
CHELSEA PORCELANE MANUFACTORY
CONSISTING OF
A Variety of ORNAMENTAL and USEFUL ARTICLES ;
Those for ORNAMENT
Are principally Designs from the Antique of Tripods, Altars,
Urns, &c, elegantly enriched and adapted for the Decora
tion of Chimney Pieces, Cabinets, Toilets, &c.
The USEFUL PART
Comprehends Table and Desert Services, Tea Coffee and Chocolate
Equipage, Caudle and Cabinet Cups, Dejunes, &c. of the
newest Patterns and in the most approved Taste.
Biscuit Groups and Single Figures in Abundance accurately
modelled, &c. &c.
Which will be sold by Auction
By Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSELL
At their Great Room, the Royal Academy, Pall Mall,
On Wednesday, February 18, 1778, and following Day.

To be viewed Monday and Tuesday, and to the Sale, which will begin
each Day at 12 o'clock.

Catalogues may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of February 18, 1778, and following Day.

Six chocolate cups and saucers in green landscapes and richly
gilt 1 2s. 6d.
One pair of caudle cups, covers and stands enamel'd with fine
blue festoons 18s.
A sphinx chandelier, fine blue and gold, richly finish'd it 18s.
One pair of French pattern bottles, fine blue striped with gold
it 9s.
A complete tea set enamel'd with Dresden flowers and gold
edge, 41 pieces, double shaped 2Z. ns.
One pair small white bottle stands enamel'd with rose coloured
Cupids, giit 1 os. 6d.
Two small fruit dishes red and gold, Japan pattern, and six
French shape cups and saucers, white and gold it is.
One set, 3 jars green and gold, enamel'd with fruit it
One pair rich cabinet cups and saucers, enamel'd with medal
lions and richly gilt it 12s., Lord Godolphin
One pair butter tubs and stands rich crimson and gold it is.
An elegant desert Service fine mazarine blue and gold, enamel'd
with vases and medallions, 24 plates and 20 compotiers
17Z. 17s.
One pair ice pails, basons and covers, fine mazarine blue and
gold enamel'd with flowers 3Z. 5s. •
One pair antique jars with ring handles and black plinths it 7s.
One set three antique jars enamel'd with jet figures .and richly
gilt 47. 5s.
A gallon jug enamel'd with Dresden flowers ns.*
A complete tea set enamell'd in green flowers, 41 pieces 2 7. 2s.
* An early specimen, finely painted with a polychrome landscape at the
base and detached birds and Dresden flowers elsewhere, is in the collection
of a gentleman in this neighbourhood.
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One sallad bowl fine old Japan pattern 9s. 6d.
One tripod and pedestal fine blue and gold, supported by three
therms, in biscuit 2Z, Mrs. Sturt
One pair griffin candlesticks blue and gold 15s.
A desert service Chantilly pattern, 24 plates 16 compotiers, and
one pair cream bowls, covers, stands and spoons 5 7.
A desert service enamel'd with a fine crimson and gold border,
and fruit in the centre, 24 plates, 13 compotiers,
four baskets and one pair cream bowls and stands
2ot 8s. 6d.
One pair Bacchanalian cups enamel'd with figures and richly
finished with gold 2Z. 2s. ,
One pair figures, Madona and prudent mother, in biscuit 17 s.
Six asparagus servers, six pickle leaves and one pair large
sauce boats 5s. 6d.
One pair figures Jupiter and Juno, and two pair fruit and
flower figures, in biscuit 16s. 6d.
A dessert service enamel'd with an antique rose border and
gold edge, 24 plates, 12 compotiers, and one pair
cream bowls and stands 87. 8s.
One large group of the Virtues in biscuit 2Z.
One group of a galantee-show, and one ditto playing at hazard,
in biscuit it 12s.
One figure of Christ, in biscuit ns.
An elegant desert service enamel'd with flowers, and fine blue
and gold vine border, 24 plates, 17 compotiers, and
one pair cream bowls, covers, stands and spoons
22Z. is.
A barrel for punch or wine, richly finished 6t 6s.
One pair large flower pots, pea green and gold enamel'd with
landscapes 3Z. 3s.
One pair caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock pattern, fine
blue and gold, richly finished 2I. 6s.
A desert service enamelled with insects and gold husks, 24
plates and 17 compotiers 15?. 15 s.
One Bacchanalian cup, enamel'd with Romeo and Juliet and
richly gilt, and pair flower pots, with a fine landscape
3Z. 1 os.
A compleat desert service, enamel'd with festoons of green
husks and purple border 19Z. 8s. 6d.
One pair of figures, Bacchus and Ariadne, and one pair sitting
religious figures in biscuit it 14s.
One pair of boys riding on dolphin and swan, two pair of
religious figures, and one pair octagon vases in biscuit
it 8s.

A
CATALOGUE

OF

The Remainder of the Valuable Stock

OF THE

CHELSEA Porcelaine Manufactory,

CONSISTING OF

An extensive variety of useful and ornamental China, Designs
from the Antique, Tea and Coffee Equipages, &c. &c, of
the newest Patterns and in the most approved Taste ;
likewise
A curious Collection of Derbyshire Fluors, Alabasters, and
Spars, formed into Vases, Urns, Cups, &c.
Which will be SOLD B Y AUCTION,
(Without the least Reserve)
By Mess. CHRISTIE and AN SELL,
At their, Great Room, next Cumberland- House, PALL MALL,
On TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1778,
AND THREE FOLLOWING DAYS.

To be viewed on Saturday and Monday, the 2nd and 4th of May, and to
the Sale, which will begin each Day at 12.

Catalogues may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of May 5, 1778, and three following days.

Twelve French shape cups and saucers, a slop bason, a sugar
box, a cream ewer and two plates, enamelled with
green flowers and brown edge it 10s.
One large music group in biscuit it 10s.
An elegant complete desert service enamelled with festoons of
coloured flowers, fine blue celeste border, richly finished
with chased and burnished gold 24?. 3s.
One large Cupid and dolphin jar and pedestal, fine green
ground richly finished with gold 4Z. 18s.
One pair side pieces ditto 3Z. 18s.
One pair figures, Neptune and Amphitrite drawn by 3 sea
horses, in biscuit 19s.
Four pair small seafaring figures in ditto 19s.
A fine? group of two Virgins awaking Cupid, in biscuit it 19s.*
One large jar enamel'd with jet figures from Ovid, and richly
gilt 37. 8s.
One group of the four seasons, one pair fruit and flower
figures, one pair French horn, and one pair Hercules
and Minerva in biscuit it 4s.
One pair elegant flower pots enamel'd in compartments with
Cephalus and Procris, Rinaldo and Armedia, fine ultra
marine blue and gold 47.
One pair harlequins, 1 pair gardeners, and a set of small
grotesque seasons, in biscuit 16s.
One punch bowl enamel'd with fruit and gold edge, and 1 pair
duck boats with a brown edge 12 s.
* This group, also in biscuit, brought 5/. 10s. at Mr. Marryat's sale in
1866. It was modelled from an engraving by Angelica Kauffman.
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One figure of Diana and one pair groups, the arts and sciences
it ns. 6d.
One pair figures prudence and discretion with aloe nossils for
candles 16s.
A black pug dog i os.
One pair rich cabinet cups, covers and stands enamelled with
medallion, trophies, &c, on a fine blue ground dotted
with gold 2Z.
One large fluted neck jar enamel'd with fine ultramarine blue
and gold richly finished 4I.
One pair antique jars ditto, dotted with gold bird's eyes
2 7. 1 os.
A rich tea set fine Tissue pattern, 47 pieces iot 10s.
One pair large lamps, blue and gold Etruscan border it 4s.
One figure of Shakespeare in biscuit and richly finish'd with
blue and gold it is.
One pair busts in biscuit and white and gold pedestals, Horace
and Chaucer it
A salad bowl, fine old Japan pattern, and 1 pair sauce boats
ditto 19s. 6d.
A large vase with therms on the side, enamel'd in compart
ments with figures of love, fine blue ground dotted with
gold 61 1 os.
One pair Etruscan vases enamel'd with Herculanean figures,
fine blue ground striped with gold 3 7. 13s. 6d.
One pair large tripods, fine blue and gold 37. 3s.
One pair lamps, ditto it ns.
A figure of his Majesty in a Vandyke dress, on a blue and gold
basement, supported by four lions, leaning on an altar
richly ornamented in blue and gold, with hanging
trophies, the crown, munde, and sceptre reposing on
a cushion of crimson, and a glass shade for ditto
3! 10s.*
One ^arge group of two Bacchants dressing Pan with a garland
of flowers, in biscuit 17.15s.
A truncated vase on a pedestal in lapis lazuli blue vein'd with
gold, round the vase are four Cupids, 2 holding a fes
toon in gold and 2 riding on dolphins, on the cover is
a genius vanquished by Cupid 5Z. 5s.
* A similar figure to this, bearing the Chelsea-Derby mark, was sold at
Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods' in 1875 for ^47. The height of
this group, with the base, is 14 inches. It is included in Duesbury's
trade catalogue for the year 1773— thus shewing that the anchor combined
with the letter D was used at that time. This figure formed the centre of
a group taken from a picture painted by Zoffany.

A
CATALOGUE OF THE
Remainder of the valuable Stock
OF THE
CHELSEA Porcelaine Manufactory
CONSISTING OF
An EXTENSIVE VARIETY of TABLE
and DESSERT SERVICES of the most
beautiful Patterns, CHIMNEY ORNA
MENTS, TEA SETS,
&c. &c. &c.
WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
Without Reserve (the Lease of the Premises being expired)
By Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSELL
AT THEIR GREAT ROOM,
Next CUMBERLAND HOUSE, Pall Mall,
On WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1779,
AND THREE FOLLOWING DAYS.

To be viewed on Monday preceding, and to the Sale, which will begin each
Day at Twelve 6 'Clock. l

CATALOGUES may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of May 5, 1779, and three following days.

A complete set of China, Nankin pattern it 8s.
A group of Madona and Child, and a pair element groups in
biscuit 19s.
A pair of butter tubs, covers and stands, Chantilly pattern' 9s.
A pair of elegant chandeliers mounted with metal arms, green
and gold 3!
A complete set of china handled cups enamel'd with festoons
of red husks and blue and gold border, 41 pieces 4I
A large and complete desert service, Japan pattern 13! 2s. 6d.
A figure pf Mrs. Macauley, in biscuit 14s., Lord Dudley
A set of three honeycomb jars gilt it
A pair groups, shoemaker and stocking mender, in biscuit 12s.
A large figure of Falstaff 16s.*
A sweetmeat stand, blue and white 8s.
One figure of Diana, and one set of figures the four quarters,
in biscuit it 2s.
A complete set of China, peacock pattern, enamel'd with a
border of coloured flowers, yellow ring and gold edge
3'- Is-
A complete set of china, shanked, enamel'd with coloured
flowers and richly gilt, 41 pieces 3! 18s., Lady Dudley
A very complete desert service enamel'd with groups of
flowers, festoons of green husks, purple and gold border
14! 14s., Lady Bute
One small Falstaff, 1 set of quarters, 2 swans and two lambs
it 4s.
Six ice cream cups, fine blue and gold it, Lady S. Mackenzie
A complete set of China handled cups fluted, white and gold
2 7. 12s. 6*t, Lord Lyttletcn
* Of this statuette, which was made in several sizes, a remarkably fine
specimen in colours, and of the largest size (15 inches high), was sold by
Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods, in 1875, for £30. It represents
Tames Quin in the character.
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One set 3 drinking horns, enamel'd with festoons of coloured
flowers and gold edge, and one pair trout heads 13s. 6d.
One set figures, Apollo and 9 muses, in biscuit it 19s.
One element group, and one set small elements in biscuit 16s.,
Lady Harland
Six caudle cups, covers and stands, enamel'd with green
flowers, crimson stripes and gold edge it 19s.
A figure of Mr. Garrick in biscuit 14s.
A pair busts, Addison and Virgil, in biscuit 18s.
A superb elegant large vase, enamel'd in compartments with
figures, Faith, Hope and Charity, richly striped with
chased and burnished gold gl. igs. 6d.
A complete desert service, fine rich blue and gold, old Japan
pattern 25 1 4s.
A vase enamelled in compartments with figures, Venus and
Adonis, richly striped with gold 2I. 14s.
A pair side pieces ditto enamel'd with Jason and Medea
it 19s.
A figure of Diana, a pair antique seasons, a pair harlequins,
and a pair of ^Esculapius and Hygaea, in biscuit it 15s.
A large figure of Brittania it 3s.*
A pair of large round Japan enamell'd dishes 2I 2s., Sir J.
Delavall
Two pair elegant large cups and stands, enamel'd in compart
ments with figures, fine blue ground striped with gold
4I., Lord Lyttleton
An elegant dessert service enamel'd with roses, festoons of red
husks and rich blue and gold, honeysuckle border, 24
plates and 17 compotiers of different shapes 18 7. 18s.,
Sir Thomas Egerton
One sphinx chandelier, fine blue and gold 2I. iis.
Twenty-four desert knife handles, blue and white ns.
Six elegant chocolate cups and saucers, enamel'd with green
landscapes and gold edge it
Six double handle tea cups and saucers enamel'd with Dresden
flowers and brown edge 17s. 6d., Lady Middleton
A set of 5 antique vases and pedestals, enamel'd in compart
ments with figures and striped with gold 11 7. 4s.,
Captain Conway
One pair hand candlesticks enamel'd with flowers, blue border
and pink edge 7 s., Lady Middleton
A fine enamel'd bowl, carnation pattern it 4s/
* Probably the statuette a specimen of which, 15 inches in height, was
sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods, in 1875, for nineteen
guineas.

A
CATALOGUE OF THE
VALUABLE PRODUCE
OF THE
DERBY and CHELSEA Manufactories
CONSISTING OF
A variety of superb and elegant antique-shaped Vases, Urns,
Essence Pots, Jars and Beakers ; several Groups and single
Figures, both in Biscuit and glazed, finely model'd and in
the most pleasing Attitudes, the Dresses and Embellish
ments resembling Lace of the finest Texture —
Beautiful Table and Desert Services, Tea and Coffee Equi
pages, Dejunds, Caudle Basons, Cabinet Cups, Ice Pots,
and various other useful and ornamental Articles : many of"
which are of the much admired Mazarine Blue and Gold,
Pea Green and Crimson : the Shapes, Decorations, &c. in
the highest state of Perfection —
Also, an extensive and valuable Assortment of the rich Ultra
marine and Blue Celeste, which for beauty and Perfection
may be justly esteemed equal to the French, and
WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION
By Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSELL
At their Great Room
Next CUMBERLAND HOUSE, Pall Mall,
On MONDAY the 17th APRIL, 1780,
AND THE THREE FOLLOWING DAYS.
To be view'd on Friday and Saturday, the 14th and 15th Instant, and to
the Sale, which will begin each day at Twelve o'clock.

CATALOGUES may then be had as above.
H

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of April iith, 1780, and three following days.

A fine large figure of Time and Cupid us. 6d.*
One pair large mosaic sauce boats, 6 asparagus service, 6 small
pickle leaves, 4 larger ditto, and 6 artichoke cups, blue
1 os. 6d.
Twelve double-shape coffee cups, blue Nankin pattern, 6s.
A complete set of china waved, shaped, enamel'd with festoons
of coloured flowers and gold edge, 41 pieces 3Z. 3s.
One pair large soup basons, covers and stands, in festoons of
green husks, purple border and gold edge 1 2s.
One pair Satyr's head drinking cups, blue border and gold
edge 7 s. 6d.
One figure Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector,
1 pair science groups, and 1 pair small figures Prudence
and Discretion it 8s.
One beautiful Etruscan shape vase, fine blue ground striped
with gold, enamel'd in compartments with Shenstone
the poet 2Z. 10s.
One figure Diana, 1 pair figures Mars and Minerva, 1 pair pipe
and guitar, and 4 birds iZ. 7s.
A complete desert service, Seve pattern enamel'd with groups of
colour'd flowers, blue ring and gold edge 18Z. 17s. 6d.
One large sitting Cupid in biscuit 10s.
One set 3 jars enamel'd with fruit and beautifully painted with
bird eyes on a fine green ground, and 1 pair vase
candlesticks green and gold 3Z.
* Specimens of this group have realised, in London Auction Rooms,
A22, ^29, and £50 respectively, according to their quality and condition.
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One pair busts in biscuit and gilt pedestals, Milton and Horace
15s-
•An altar-shape vase supported by 3 lions on a pedestal, enamel'd
in compartments with figures and richly gilt 2Z. 9s.
An elegant complete dessert service, enamelled with flowers,
blue rings entwined with gold, and fine blue and gold
border 16Z. 16s. , Lord Stamford
One figure of Time, 1 pair sitting figures, and 1 pair Harlequin
and Collumbine it 5s.
A complete set of china, wav'd fluted, white and gold dentil
edge 41 pieces ^l. Lady Bute
An elegant desert service, enamel'd with groups of Dresden
flowers, blue ring, and fine blue and gold vine border
15Z. 4s. 6d. Lady Weymouth
A complete set of tea china fluted, enamel'd with roses, and
rich blue and gold borders 4Z. 14s. 6d. Lord SeJ'ton
A complete set of tea china fluted, enamel'd with gold lines
entwined with gold leafag'e, and rich blue and gold
border, 41 pieces 57. 10s.
Six large chocolate cups and saucers, enamel'd with flowers,
festoons of red husks and gold edge it is., Lady
Peterborough
A beautiful dejune, enamel'd with Cupids, and striped with
gold 2! 15s.*
One small figure of Sir John Falstaff, 1 pair Cupids, 1 pair
large boys, and 1 pair deer 1 gs.
One antique vase on a pedestal, enamel'd in compartments,
with Venus and Adonis, and 1 pair side pieces ditto,
enamel'd with Jason and Medea, striped with gold, and
fine blue and gold border 7! 17s. 6d.
Twelve small plates enamel'd with a blue antique border and
sprig 9s., Dutchess of Beaufort
A desert service enamel'd with plants, insects &c. brown edge,
18 plates and 12 compotiers of different shapes 4I. 14s.,
Lady Mansfield
A complete set of china, peacock pattern, enamel'd with honey
suckle border, gold edge and lines 3Z. 13s. 6d., Sir
Edward Lloyd »
Six breakfast basons and stands, slop bason, sugar box and
cream ewer, enamel'd with festoons of coloured flowers
and gold edge it 8s., Sir W. W. Wynne
* At the sale of Sir^ Joseph Hawley's collection at Messrs. Christie,
Manson and Woods' in April, 1876, "a beautiful Crown Derby Cabaret,
white ground striped with gold, and with medallion of Cupids in pink, sold
for 661. 3s.
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One pair small oval flower pots, enamelled with festoons of
flowers, fine blue and gold border it is., Lady
Clifford
Six ice cream cups enamel'd in festoons of flowers, Dresden
pattern 9s., Lady Bute.
A complete set of tea china, enamel'd with a gold antique
border 41 pieces 3Z. 3s., Lady Bute
One pair egg-shape jars, enamel'd in compartments with figures
and striped with gold 4Z. 4s., Lord Stamford
One figure of Mrs. Macauley in biscuit and fine blue and gold
19s.*
One large white shell 10s. 6d., Lord Stamford
One antique shape vase, and 1 pair ewer shape ditto beautifully
painted with jet figures from Ovid 6! 16s. 6d., Col.
Gaylys
One large figure of Justice, sword and scales i7s.f
One pair of Neptune's head drinking cups 7s.
A complete desert service enamel'd with roses and rich blue
and gold border 14Z. 14s., Lady Stamford
A long set of tea china, enamel'd with festoons of red husks,
green Etruscan border and gold edge, 49 pieces 4! 4s.,
Lady Astley
One pair elegant ice pails, basons and covers, enamel'd with
roses and rich mosaic and gold border 5Z. 10s., Lady
Stamford for Lady Weymouth
One pair elegant caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock
pattern, fine mazarine blue and gold 2Z. 2s., Lord
Stormont
One figure of His Majesty on a pedestal, richly finished with
gold and fine lace work 61 6s.\
One group of her Majesty, and 2 of the princesses ditto 61. 6s.
One group of the royal family ditto 6Z. 6s.
* A statuette of Mrs. Macaulay, in biscuit, on a pedestal of blue enamel,
was sold in London in 1875 by auction for 21/.
t A specimen of the figure of Justice holding the scales, brought in
1875 at the sale of Mr. H. G. Bohn's collection 14/. 14s-.
J This and the two following lots formed a suite of three pieces. In the
principal group George III., dressed in a Vandyke costume, stands by a
pedestal on which he rests his left arm. (See ante p. 53.) Another of
the royal groups represents Queen Charlotte with the Princesses Charlotte
and Sophia. The remaining group consists of the young Prince George of
Wales, afterwards George IV., and his brothers Frederick, William and
Edward. These groups are all modelled from the picture by Zoffany
painted. in 1770, of which a large mezzotint by Earlom was published in
the same year.

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A beautiful dejune, enamel'd with a fine green ground striped
with gold, and fine blue and gold border 3!, Capt.
Fielding.
One large punch bowl enamel'd with landscapes, and rich
blue and gold border it 8s., Duke of Athol*
One pair figures, Welch taylor and family ns. 6iij
A complete set of tea china, large size cups, enamel' with
roses, and neat purple and gold border, 41 pieces 4I.
us., Lord Algernon Percy.
One pair elegant vases, enamel'd in compartments with figures,
and fine blue and gold, mounted with metal arms for
six light, double gilt 9! 19s. 6d.
Six beautiful caudle cups, covers and stands, enamel'd with
rose coloured flowers and striped with gold 5! 5s.,
Lord Lucan.
One tripod, fine blue and gold, and 1 pair egg shape vases on
pedestals, ditto 2Z. 9s.
Acomplete desert service fine blue and gold old Japan pattern
18Z. 18s., Mrs. Russell.
A complete breakfast service, white and gold, dentil edge 2!
1 os., Governor Palk.
One large shepherd group in biscuit 1 1, Lady Dillon.
A set of china enamel'd with a pea green ring and gold edge,
handle cups 2Z. 12s. 6d.
One pair of large fox heads 8s. 6d.
One pair ice-pots blue chantilly pattern 16*.
* In the Napier collection, Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods sold
in 1877, "A Derby punch bowl, with hunting subjects in gilt borders on
crimson ground" for £30 10s.
t This pair of figures was made in different sizes — An unusually large
and fine pair, io>£ inches high, was sold by Messrs. Christie, Manson
andjWoods in 1875 for £100.

CATALOG U E
O F
An elegant and extensive Assortment of
DERBY and CHELSEA PORCELAINE,
CONSISTING OF
A great Variety of Table and Desert Services, Tea, Coffee,
Chocolate Equipages, Caudle and Cabinet Cups, Ice Cream
Cups and Stands, Dejunes, Broth Basons, &c, of the most
beautiful Dresden and Seve Patterns, richly finished with
the fine Mazarine and Ultramarine Blue and Gold ; also a
beautiful Assortment of superb Ornaments for the Decora
tion of Chimney pieces, Toilets, &c, formed into Vases,
Urns and Tripods, elegantly painted with Figures and
embellished with chased and burnished Gold, Groups and
single Figures in Biscuit, for the Use of Deserts, &e.
accurately model'd.
*,* Mr. Duesbury flatters himself the Produce of his Manu
factory this Year, will far exceed that of the last.
Which will be sold by Auction
By Mess. CHRISTIE and AN SELL
At their Great Room,
Next CUMBERLAND HOUSE, PALL MALL,
On Thursday, the ioth of May, 1781,
And Four following Days (Sunday excepted).
N.B. In the above Sale will be sold FOUR NEAT CHIMNEY
PIECES embellished with Composition Ornaments.

To be viewed two Days preceding the Sale, which will begin each Day
at Twelve o'clock.
CATALOGUES may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of May ioth, 1781, and four following days
(Sunday excepted).

One small size group representing music, in biscuit it is.
One pair of element groups representing air and water, and 4
standing seasons in ditto it 18s.
One pair of elegant tripods fine crimon and gold ornamented
with natural flowers 2Z. us.
A superb and elegant pair of caudle cups, covers and stands
enamel'd in compartments with figures, and striped
with gold 2Z. 9s., Sir F. Sykes.
One pair of small foxes in biscuit 10s.
A figure of Time and a set of seasons enamel'd it 15s.
One pair of 'dragon candlesticks green and gold 15s.
Eighteen dessert plates enamel'd with birds and gilt, 2 oval
compotiers, 4 round ditto, .4 leaves, and 1 cream bowl
and stand enamel'd and gilt 4I. 19s.
One set of five jars and beakers enamel'd in compartments
with birds and gilt 2Z.
One pair cream bowls, covers and stands and spoons, enamel'd
with vases, brown ring, &c. and gold edges 15 s.
One pair of elegant broth basons, covers and stands, "enamel'd
with festoons of coloured flowers and fine blue and gold
ring 13s., Lord Galway
A beautiful dejune enamel'd with coloured groups of flowers,
pink border and gold edge, on a Japan tray it is.
Lord Althorpe
Twelve desert plates enamel'd with figures and gilt 2I. 10s.
Lord Monson One

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One pair of basket-work antique handle vases enamel'd with
figures, Pomona and Prudence on one side and a land
scape on the other in compartments, gilt to match
14?. 3 s. 6d., Lord Monson
A beautiful cup and saucer, enamel'd with landscapes and
figures, crimson ground, richly finished with gold
Dresden pattern 9s. 6d., Lord Galway
One large perfume vase, beautifully painted in figures, in com
partments representing Eneas meeting Venus before he
enters Carthage, richly gilt 4! 19s., Sir F. Sykes
One pair of large beakers to match, on one side Bacchus and
Ariadne and on the other Venus and Adonis 4Z. 15s.,
Sir F. Sykes
Four pierced desert flower vases, 1 pair sitting figures, and 4
shooting Cupids in biscuit it 16s., Lord Galway
One sett of 3 elegant vases on pedestals, fine green ground,
richly finished with chased and burnished gold 5! 15 s.
Six very rich coffee cups and saucers, enamel'd with India
figures and fine mazarine blue and gold it 4s.
One beautiful figure of Shakespeare in biscuit and fine blue
and gold pedestal it is.
A large and elegant desert service enamel'd with coloured
flowers and fine blue and gold vine border and one pair
large ice-pots ditto 19! 18s. 6d., Earl of Macclesfield
One pair large gardeners, 2 pairs of muses, and 4 small flower
vases, in biscuit it 5s.
An elegant stand for different cheeses and butter, enamel'd
with vases and fine mazarine blue and gold (rivetted)
it is., Lord Bateman
Six elegant caudle cups, covers and stands enamel'd with fine
blue and richly finish'd with burnished gold 3Z., Lord
Bateman
A beautiful large group of 3 Graces and 2 Cupids, supposed to
be crowning her Majesty with garlands of flowers, in
biscuit 2Z. ns., Lord Bateman
A neat chimney piece embellished with composition ornaments
4I, Lady Skinner
Twelve breakfast cups and saucers, a slop bowl, sugar box and
cream ewer, white and gold embost 2Z 8s., Lady
Cornwall
One pair Neptune-head drinking mugs enamel'd and gilt 7s. 6d.
One figure of Andromache weeping over the ashes of Hector,
and one pair Madona group, in biscuit 2I.
A large dove-house ornamented with natural flowers and richly
gilt *l An

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An elegant inkstand, enamel'd fine blue and gold ios., Lady
Paget
An elegant vase with antique ¦ handles, enamel'd in compart
ments, with a figure and landscape, richly gilt it 13s.,
Lady Paget
One pair beautiful cup-shape vases to match 2Z. 2 s., Lady Paget
One pair superbly-elegant cabinet cups and stands, enamel'd in
compartments with figures richly gilt 4!, Lord Clifford
A pair of uncommonly large octagon jars (near 2 feet high)
decorated with natural flowers and finely enamel'd with
figures, landscapes, &c. richly ornamented with chased
and burnished gold, the figures represent a votaress of
Bacchus, and Innocence washing her hands at an altar
18! 1 8s., Lady Paget
An elegant Seve pattern complete desert service enamelled
with roses and rich mosaic and gold border, 53 pieces
30Z. 9s., Lord Monson
One pair large ice-pails, basons and covers ditto 5Z. 5s., Lord
Monson
Four ice-pots for pint bottles ditto 3!, Lord Monson
Six elegant chocolate cups and saucers enamel'd with festoons
of coloured flowers entwined with blue ribbon, richly
finished with gold, a Seve pattern 2Z. 19 s.
A pair of hares heads enamel'd, after nature ios.
Three elegant vases enamel'd with rose coloured figures from
Ovid, and enriched with gold 9Z. 19s. 6d.
A pair beautiful groups representing poetry and music, in
biscuit it 1 6s.
A large dejune enamel'd in compartments with groups of
flowers and rose-coloured shell ground 3! 15s.

A
CATALOGUE
Of an Elegant and Extensive ASSORTMENT
of
DERBY and CHELSEA PORCELANE,
CONSISTING OF
A great Variety of Table and Dessert Services, Tea, Coffee,
and Chocolate Equipages, Caudle and Cabinet Cups, Ice
Cream Cups and Stands, Dejeunes, &c. of the most beautiful
Seve Patterns, richly finished with the fine Mazarine and
Ultramarine Blue and Gold ; also a beautiful Assortment of
superb Ornaments for Chimney Pieces, Toilets, &c. in
Vases, Urns and Tripods, elegantly painted with Figures,
and embellished with chased and burnished Gold.; Groups,
and single Figures in Biscuit, &c. accurately modelled :
WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mess. CHRISTIE and AN SELL,
At their Great Room, next Cumberland House, Pall Mall,
On TUESDAY, the 7th of MAY, 1782,
And four following Days.
To be viewed on Saturday and Monday preceding the Sale, which will begin
each Day at Twelve tf Clock.

Catalogues may be had as above, and of Messrs. Christie and Ansell,
Pall Mall.

N.B. Mr. Duesbury presumes, that the Produce of his Manu
factory this Year, will be found far superior to any Thing
hitherto exhibited to public View.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of May ith, 1782, and four following Days.

Two pair duck sauce boats enamel'd and brown edge 5 s. 6d.
An elegant inkstand green and gold 8s.
A beautiful figure of Andromache, 1 pair Bacchus and Ariadne
and 1 pair of Mars and Minerva 2! 8s.
A large punch bowl enamel'd with groups of flowers and fine
blue and gold border 15s.
A pair of sauce tureens, covers and stands, enamel'd Dresden
pattern and gilt 17 s.
A beautiful group of four Cupids in biscuit iZ.
Two small size pastoral groups and a set small elements
it 3s.
Six chocolate cups and saucers enamel'd with a fine blue edge
14s.
Six ditto enamel'd with festoons of green flowers and gold
edge 19s.
A complete set of tea china enamel'd with green flowers,
festoons of green husks and gold edge, 41 pieces 3Z. ios.
An elegant set of five vases, fine crimson ground, richly finished
with chased and burnished gold 4I 18s.
A pair salad dishes enamel'd with a group of colour'd flowers,
festoons of green husks and pea green and gold borders
1 8s., LordMonsm
An elegant complete desert service enamel'd with colour'd
, flowers and fine blue and gold laurel border 38 pieces
14Z. 14s. An

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An elegant complete set of tea china, waved, shanked, enamel'd
with festoons of colour'd flowers and purple and gold
border 41 pieces 4Z.
A coffee set enamel'd with blue and gold flowers and fine blue
and gold border it 13s., Lady Essex
A vegetable stand enamel'd fine blue and white it 2s.
Four salts white and gold 8s.
A very elegant desert service, fine old Japan pattern, consisting
of 24 plates and 13 compotiers of different shapes and
sizes 13Z. ios., Lord Clifford
Twelve breakfast plates enamel'd with fine blue sprigs and blue
border 14s., Lady Cornwall
A beautiful group of 2 virgins awaking Cupid and 1 of a
baccante dressing Pan with garlands of flowers, in
biscuit 3Z 1 8s.
One pair foxes heads for drinking cups 6s.
A superbly elegant set of 5 vases, enamel'd in compartments
with pastoral figures and landscapes, richly finished
with gold stripes 8t
Six elegant caudle cups, covers and stands, enamel'd with fine
green celeste and gold 2! 8s.
A complete set of table china enamel'd with groups of colour'd
flowers, and richly finished with a fine blue and gold
vine border, consisting of 60 table plates, 24 soup plates,
20 oval dishes in sizes, 1 pair tureens and covers, 4
sauce boats and stands and a salad dish 44Z. 2s.
A desert service ditto, consisting of 24 plates, 12 compotiers
and 1 pair of cream bowls, covers, stands and spoons
14Z. 14s.
A large and elegant inkstand, enamel'd and richly finished with
burnished gold it 6s.
One pair elegant caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock
pattern, richly finished with fine blue and gold it 8s.
A very elegant dejunee enamel'd with vases, double laurel
border, richly finished with fine blue and gold it is.
Two pair of neat rummers enamel'd with flowers and fine blue
and gold vine border 1 2s. 6d.
One group representing music, in biscuit it 6s., Lady
Cornwall
One sett of figures representing the four elements in ditto
it 4s., Lady Cornwall
One pair of haymakers, and 1 pair sporting figures, ditto 18s.
Lord Monson
Eight ice cream cups and covers white and gold 12s., Lord
Monson An

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An elegant Etruscan shape vase and pedestal enamel'd in com
partments with a figure of Shenstone, fine blue ground
and gold stripes 2! 17s., Wedgwood*
One pair of potting pots and 6 large scollop'd shells blue and
white 9s.
A'vegetable stand enamel'd with festoons of green flowers and
gold edge it 19s.
A bason and ewer ditto 19s.
One pair pint mugs enamel'd fine blue and gold, vine, border
8s.,. Lady Essex
A pickle stand and six asparagus servers blue and white 5 s.
A beautiful punch jug or coffee pot enamel'd with groups of
flowers and fine blue and gold border gs.
A complete set of tea china, plain shanked enamel'd with
festoons of coloured flowers and pea green and gold
border 41 pieces 3Z. 18s., Lady Hume
Six elegant; chocolate cups and saucers, 1 slop bowl, sugar box
and cream ewer enamel'd with a fine .blue and gold star
border it 16s.
Four salts green and gold 7s. 6d.
A pair of beautiful caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock
pattern, enamelled with gold medallions, festoons of
green husks and richly gilt 2! 9s., Lady Hume
One pair broth basons and stands enamel'd with a border of
colour'd flowers and gold edge 1 is., Lord Monson
A set of 5 vauses enamel'd with a pea green ground, richly
gilt 4I, 14s. 6d.
A very elegant complete set of tea china enamel'd with vauses,
green scrole and richly finished with blue and gold,
41 pieces 7Z. 7s., Lady Hume ,
An elegant large tray for different cheese and butter, enamel'd
with vauses and fine mazarine blue and gold 2Z. ios.
A complete table set enamel'd blue Chantilly pattern 118
pieces 19Z. 19s., Lord Monson
One pair large octagon salad dishes enamelled with flowers
and festoons of red husks rich blue and gold border
it 4s.
An elegant large vause with therms enamel'd in compartments
with history and virtue richly finished with chased and
burnished gold 13Z. 2s. 6d.
* This Vase bought by Wedgwood is the type of a large number of
pieces made by Duesbury, similarly decorated and generally of good
elassical form, marked with the gold anchor. A coloured plate of an
Ewer will be found in Marryat's History of Porcelain. At his sale in
1867 the pair without pedestals fetched 125 guineas.
One

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One pair vauses to correspond enamel'd in compartments with
Inocence and Liberty 4Z. 15s.
A breakfast set enamel'd with a light blue border, new em
boss'd, 33 pieces it 17^., Lord Monson
One group representing poetry, in biscuit it
One pair hares heads enamel'd and gilt ios.
One pair of beautiful lamps enamel'd with vases and fine blue
and gold 15 s.
One figure of Diana, one pair Dresden shepherds it 16s.
A beautiful group the 3 Graces distressing Cupid, in biscuit
2Z. 3s., Lord Monson
One pair large gardeners, 2 Bacchus's, 1 pair fruit and flower
figures and 2 pair Cupids; in ditto 2Z. 9s.
One small size music group in biscuit it
One superbly elegant large vase with therms beautifully
enamel'd in compartments with a landscape and figures
representing a Roman marriage, and 1 pair ewer shape
vases enaniel'd with figures of Minerva and Juno, fine
blue ground richly finished with chased and burnished
gold 15Z. 15s.
One pair beautiful tripods fine blue and gold 4I. 14s. 6d.
One pair chandeliers for 2 lights each ditto 7! 7s.
One pair montephs blue Chantilly pattern 15 s.
Seven custard cups and a stand enamel'd with colour'd flowers
and green celeste and gold border it us. 6d., Lord
Monson
A large coffee pot blue Nankin pattern 5 s.
One dozen breakfast plates enamel'd with a fine blue edge
17s., Lord Salisbury
A complete set of tea china enamel'd with festoons of colour'd
flowers and pea green and gold border, 41 pieces
4I. 5s., Sir John Taylor
A large sitting Cupid in biscuit 9 s. 6d.
An elegant large ink stand enamel'd with Dresden flowers and
richly gilt it is., Lady Lucy Digby
A very complete set of breakfast china with festoons of
coloured flowers and purple and gold border, 45
pieces 7! 7 s., Sir Joseph Banks
A set of 8 views in Windsor Park, by Mr. Sandby, very
fine impressions in elegant green and gold frames
9Z. 19s. 6«t*
* Thomas Sandby, R.A., Architect and Artist, brother of Paul Sandby,
planned the large lake known as Virginia Water. He published eight
drawings illustrating his alterations and improvements in Windsor Park.

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A set of 5 superbly elegant vauses enamel'd in compartments
with figures and landscapes, gold stripes richly orna
mented with fine blue and gold, the center vause is
enamel'd with a figure of Maria, the 2 side pieces with
figures of Damon and Delia, Paris and Oenone and
the 2 end pieces with a shepherd and lamb and sheper-
dess with a bird cage 12Z. 12s.
One pair of small foxes enamel'd 6s. 6,d.
Six double handled chocolate cups and saucers enamel'd "with
green landscapes and gold edge it 3s.
A breakfast set enamel'd with rose-colour and green laurel
border and gold edge, 16 pieces it 16s., Sir John
Wodehouse
A complete desert service enamel'd with fine blue and gold
sprigs and fine blue and gold border, 38 pieces
14! 14s., Sir William Guise
A very elegant cabinet pr caudle cup, cover and stand, fine
ultramarine blue ground, richly finished with chased
and burnished gold it ns., De Simolin
One sett French seasons, and 1 pair figures Bacchus and
Ariadne in biscuit it 15s., Lord Stourton
A beautiful desert service enamel'd a rich Seve pattern, with
roses and broad mosaic border richly finished with
chased and burnished gold, 43 pieces 2 it, lLord
Stourton
One very elegant vase fine blue ground richly finished with
chased and burnished gold, 1 pair side pieces ditto
enamel'd in compartments with pastoral figures and
landscapes iot ios., De Simolin
A very elegant large inkstand enamel'd with fine green celeste
enriched with burnished gold it 6s., Mithoff
One pair superbly elegant French shape cups and saucers
enamel'd in compartments with 'figures, fine ultramarine
blue ground richly finish'd with chased and burnished
gold 6t 6s., Lady Weymouth
One pair of elegant girandoles for 6 lights enameled in com
partments with figures and fine blue and gold 9Z. 9s.
A pair of elegant large jars decorated with natural flowers, and
finely enamel'd with figures and landscapes richly orna
mented with chased and burnished gold, the figures re
present a votaress of Bacchus and Innocence 19Z. 19s.

CATALOGUE OF
An ELEGANT and EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT
OF
DERBY and CHELSEA Porcelane,
CONSISTING OF
A great Variety of Table and Desert Services, Tea, Coffee and
Chocolate Equipages, Caudle and Cabinet Cups, Ice Cream
Cups and Stands ; Dejeunes, &c. of the most beautiful Seve
and other Patterns, richly finished with the fine Mazarine
and Ultramarine Blue and Gold ; also a beautiful Assort
ment of superb Ornaments for Chimney Pieces, Toilets, &c.
in Vases, Urns, and Tripods, elegantly painted with
Figures, and embellished with chased and burnished Gold ;
Groups, and single Figures in Biscuit, &c. accurately
model'd, Which will be Sold by Auction,
By Mess. CHRISTIE and AN SELL
At their Great Room,
NEXT CUMBERLAND HOUSE, PALL MALL,
On FRIDAY, the 9th of MAY, 1783,
And five following Days (Sunday excepted).

To be viewed on Wednesday and Thursday preceding the Sale, which
will begin each Day at Twelve o'clock.
CATALOGUES may be had as above.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Ofgth of May, 1783, and five following days
(Sunday excepted).

Six scollop shells, 6 asparagus servers and 6 artichoak cups,
blue and white 7s., Dr. Johnson*
Six elegant coffee cups and saucers enamel'd with green flowers,
crimson stripes and gold edge it, Dr. Johnson
A pair of rich caudle cups, covers and stands, finished with
fine blue and gold ns. 6d., Dr. Johnson
* Dr. Johnson, it is well known, took great interest in the manufacture
of Porcelain. Boswell mentions his visit to Derby in 1777. "When we
"arrived at Derby Dr. Butter accompanied us to see the manufactory of
"china there. The china was beautiful, but Dr. Johnson justly observed
"it was too dear ; for that he could have vessels of silver, ofthe same size,
" as cheap as what were made here of porcelain. "
Dr. Johnson attended this sale of Duesbury's twice, on the 9th and 12th
of May ; he was at this time in an ill state of health. On June 1 6th Dr.
Johnson had a slight paralytic stroke, from which he quickly recovered,
and in the following July paid a visit to his friend Mr. Bowles of Heale,
near Salisbury — he, however, died in December, 1784, the year following.
In his Diary he alludes to this visit in these terms " I came to Heale
without fatigue, entertained quite to my mind."
Dr. Johnson was fond of children. At the time of his visit to Heale
Mr. Bowles' daughter (afterwards Mrs. Fowler of Salisbury) an engaging
child of two years old was much noticed by the Doctor. Mrs. Fowler
only died in 1878 and used to remark that she had seen Dr. Johnson, who
had seen Queen Anne. In early life Dr. Johnson had been taken by
his mother to Queen Anne to receive the royal "touch" for the evil.
J A

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A set of elegant chimney ornaments, consisting of a figure of
Andromache, a set of antique seasons and 2 small
figures 2! ios., Lady Cornwall
Two element groups and a set of figures, the 4 seasons in
biscuit it 1 8s., Sir Js. Ibbetson
A pair of vegetable dishes with covers enamel'd, Chantilly
pattern 18s., Dr Johnson
Twelve handled cups and saucers, slop bowl, cream ewer and
plate enamell'd, Dresden pattern and gilt 2Z. 6s., Dr.
Johnson
Seven Chelsea compoteers enamell'd Dresden pattern and
brown edge it 9s., Dr. Johnson
A set of 5 elegant vases beautifully painted with pastoral
figures in grey enamel, and richly finished with bur
nished gold gt 19s. 6d.
A pair of very beautiful caudle or cabinet cups, covers and
stands enamell'd in compartments, with rose coloured
cupids and richly finished with burnished gold stripes
2! 19s., Mrs. Christie*
A very elegant complete desert service enamell'd, the fine old
Japan pattern, 43 pieces 15!, Mrs. Christie
A bason and ewer enamell'd with groups of coloured flowers
and richly finished with fine blue and gold borders
it 8s., Lady Hume
A pair of very elegant caudle or cabinet cups, covers and
stands, peacock pattern, enamell'd fine blue and gold
it 12s., Dowager Lady Essex
A ditto it 1 6s., Lady Bute
Twelve beautiful cups and saucers, slop bowl, sugar bason and
cream ewer, white and gold 2I 12s., Dutchess of Port
land
A complete desert service white and gold, 43 pieces nt ns.
Dr. Johnson
A beautiful large punch bowl enamell'd with groups of coloured
flowers and fine blue and gold borders 18s., Dr.
Johnson
A pair of beautiful pint mugs enamell'd rich old Japan pattern
14s., Dutchess of Portland
* In 1875 a large two handled cup, cover and stand, marked with the
interlaced anchor and D, in gold, with a Cupid in medallion on the saucer
and otherwise finely fluted with deep blue, white, and gold, fetched 55/. A

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A complete set of tea china enamell'd with coloured sprigs
double laurel borders and gold edge, 41 pieces 47. 4% '
Lady Bute '
A superb and elegant set of 5 vases beautifully painted in com
partments with figures and landscapes, ornamented with
fine blue and richly finished with chased and burnished
gold 1 1 1 1 1 s. , Dowager Lady Essex
A very elegant biscuit group representing the four quarters
1 7. 9s., Dutchess of Portland
A pair of very beautiful two-quart bowls enamell'd with groups
of flowers, and fine blue and gold borders it 7s.,
Dutchess of Portland
A neat dejune enamell'd with coloured sprigs, double laurel
border and gold edge it 9s., Dr. Johnson
A superb and elegant cabinet cup and saucer enamell'd in com
partments with landscapes, fine ultramarine blue ground
richly finished with chased and burnished gold it 18s.,
Dr. Johnson
Six chocolate cups and saucers enamell'd with roses, festoons
of green husks and purple and gold border it is.,
Dutchess of Portland
A set of 3 vases enamell'd in compartments with groups of
flowers and fine blue and gold, and 1 pair of vase
candlesticks, blue and gold 5Z. 15s. 6d., Dutchess of
Portland
A breakfast set enamell'd with festoons of red husks and light
blue border, 48 pieces 3Z. 12s., Sir J. Ibbetson
A complete desert service enamell'd with groups of coloured
flowers, festoons of green husks and purple and gold
border 43 pieces iot ios., Dutchess of Portland
A pair of sporting figures, a pair of sacrifice figures, and 2 pair
of shooting Cupids, in biscuit it 3s.
Two pair of boys riding on goat and panther, and 2 pair
cupids in biscuit it 6s.
A figure of Minerva, a pair of haymakers,* and a pair of Mars
and Venus candlesticks! 3!
* A pair of "The Haymakers," elaborately painted and gilded, but con
siderably restored, brought last year in a London auction ^24 xos.
t An excellent pair of these candlesticks, nicely painted and perfect, sold
by auction in London, in 1870, for £9 9s. A

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A large bust of Shakespear in biscuit 13s. 6d.
Six elegant cream cups and stands enamell'd with coloured
flowers and green celeste and gold border 2Z. is., Lady
Hume
A large bust of Addison in biscuit ns.
A very compleat and elegant desert service, enamel'd in
festoons of coloured flowers, entwin'd with blue
ribbons, richly gilt with chased and burnished gold,
consisting of 36 plates, 17 compotiers of different shapes
and sizes and 1 pair of cream bowls, covers, stands and
spoons. Bought in at 24Z. as it did not reach the
reserved price 26Z.
A most capital large therm vase, richly painted in compartments
with figures of Celadon and Armelia and 1 pair ewer
shape vases, painted in compartments with a shepherd's
boy with lamb and girl with a bird cage, ornamented
with fine blue and richly finished with chased and
burnished gold 16Z. 16s.*
One pair of egg shape vases to correspond with the above, the
figures in compartments, are Damon and Delia, and
Paris and Oenone 61 6s.
Six French shape cups and saucers, enamel'd fine blue and
white 14s., Dr. Johnson
One pair of butter tubs, covers and stands, enamel'd blue
Chantilly pattern 6s., Dr. Johnson
A cqmplete set of chimney ornaments consisting of a figure of
Andromache, 1 pair of Madona groups and 1. pair of
sacrifice figures 2Z. 18s., Mr. Herbert
Six white and gold ice cream cups 12s., Dr. Johnson
Twenty four plates enamel'd with a light blue border 2Z. 7s.,
Dr. Johnson
An elegant complete set of tea china richly finished in green
and gold, 41 pieces 5Z. 5s., Lady Carlow
A set of 5 elegant vases, fine green ground richly gilt with
burnished gold 5Z. 5s., Sir Abraham Hume
* A similar set was sold by auction in London in 1873. They were
described as "A beautiful oviform, Vase and cover, with caryatid-figure
handles, striped white and gold, with blue and gold borders, painted in
figure subjects, on a square altar-shaped pedestal, with rams' heads and
festoons of white and gold— I4^in. high." This together with the pair of
ewers to correspond, nin. high, fetched .£365. One

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A compleat set of tea china enamel'd with festoons of coloured
flowers and purple and gold border, 41 pieces 4Z. 4s.,
Dutchess of Ancaster
A pair of very rich and elegant tripods fine blue ground, richly
finished with chased and burnished gold 4! 14s. 6d.,
Lady Duncannon
A complete set of tea china, small wav'd flute enamell'd with
coloured flowers and fine blue and gold border, 40
pieces 3Z. is., Mr. Monckton
A" set of 5 jars and beakers green ground, white emboss'd
flowers and gilt 2Z. ns., Lady Duncannon
One pair of potting pots, blue and white landscape pattern,
4s. 6d., Dr. Johnson
One pair of elegant caudle cups, covers and stands, peacock
pattern, enamel'd with borders of flowers richly gilt
1 1, Dr. Johnson
One pair of caudle cups, covers and stands new embossed
white and gold ios.
One large groupe of Poetry in biscuit it 3s.
One pair of large figures, Tragedy and Comedy, in biscuit 14s,
A set of fine elegant vases, painted with Cupids and richly gilt
71
One pair of pint mugs, enamel'd with coloured flowers and fine
blue and gold, with glass bottoms 12s.
A beautiful bason and ewer, enamel'd with groups of coloured
flowers and fine blue and gold borders it 7s.
A very capital compleat desert service, enamel'd with vases
and pink and gold antique border, 50 pieces 25Z.
Two large white shells 18s.
Four flower vases in biscuit 9s.
A capital dejunee, inimitably painted in compartments, with
figures, and richly finish'd with gold stripes 4! ios.
Twenty four soup plates, rich white and gold border # 4! 15s.
A breakfast set enamel'd with a purple ring entwined with
green roses and gold edge, 27 pieces 2! 7s.
A very capital large dejune, enamel'd in compartments with
different landscapes, fine green ground richly gilt
3! i5«-
A beautiful groupe of figures in biscuit, and 2 pair figures
it 8s. Lord Fitzwilliam A

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A most superb and capital set of j vases, the shapes are taste
fully designed, very highly finished in compartments,
with paintings of figures, on the centre piece is Celadon
and Amelia and on the side pieces are Night and
Morning, Noon and Evening, beautifully enamel'd with
natural flowers, gold ground, richly ornamented with
fine blue and gold 31! ios.
A superbly elegant complete desert service, enamel'd
with groups of flowers, fine ultramarine blue and pearl
border, richly ornamented with chased and burnished
gold, &c. (the pattern quite new) consisting of 1 7 com
potiers of different shapes and sizes, 1 pair of cream
bowls, covers, stands and spoons and 24 plates 42!
A pair of large double ice pails to correspond 7! 7s.
One pair of monteffs ditto 67. 6s.
Twelve beautiful desert plates, enamel'd with groups of coloured
flowers and fine blue and gold, to match a Seve pattern
2! 17s.
Six artichoke cups, 6 egg spoons and 6 asparagus servers,
enamel'd fine blue and white 8s., Lord Fitzwilliam

A
CATALOGUE OF ALL THE REMAINING
Finished and Unfinished Stock
OF THE
CHELSEA PORCELAIN MAN.UFACTORY,
IN
Lawrence Street, near the Church, CHELSEA,
WITH
All the Buildings and Fixtures thereto belonging ;
CONSISTING OF
TABLE and DESERT SERVICES, Tea and
Coffee Equipages, Caudle, Chocolate and Cabinet
Cups, Dejunes, some beautiful Sets of Vases
highly finished, a large Assortment of Groups
and single Figures enamel'd, and in Biscuit, a
quantity of Artificial Stone Figures and Foxes,
as large as Life, with the Moulds thereof, a
large Parcel of old Plaister, and about five or
six Tons of Chalk-Stones, a Turning Lath
and Wheel, the MOULDS of a CAPITAL
EQUESTRIAN FIGURE of His PRE
SENT MAJESTY, modelled at the Royal
Academy, &c.
Which will be sold by Auction
By Mess. CHRISTIE and AN SELL,
ON THE PREMISES
On THURSDAY, Dec. n, 1783,
AND TWO FOLLOWING DAYS.
To be view'd on Tuesday preceding and to the Sale, which will begin
each day at 12 o'clock.
Catalogues may be had as above, and at Mess. CHRISTIE and
ANSELL'S, Pall Mall.

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It will be seen that very few moulds or other artistic
appliances of the Chelsea or Derby manufactories were
included in this sale. All such things had probably been
previously removed to Derby. The objects in Artificial
Stone* found towards the end of the sale were very likely
the remains of a manufactory which existed some years
previously ; the particulars of which can be gathered from
a Catalogue of a former sale which took place in December,
1767. Mr. Christie announces it as
"A Catalogue of this Years Produce of the Artificial Stone
Manufactory, ioo different subjects in Antique Busts,
Figures, Vases, Tablets, Capitals, Chimney Pieces, &c.
&c. Catalogues to be had at the Manufactory in Gold-
stone Square Whitechapel, and at the Warehouse No.
1 8 Long Acre."
Note— Specimens of the above were exhibited the last spring
at the above room, and met with general Approbation.
As far as one can judge from the Catalogue the objects
seem to have had considerable artistic excellence, some
of them realising good prices. Amongst the principal
subjects were Medallions of Jupiter and Hercules, Eoman
procession tablets, A pair of curious medallions of Milton
and Dryden with wreaths (17. 16s.), A fine figure of
Minerva (17. 10s.), Two very fine festoons of flowers, by
Voyer (27. 16s.); A pair of fine Figures of Ceres and Flora,
3ft. 6in. high (77. 17s. U.), A fine tablet (Choice of
Hercules) with friezes and trusses (37.), A fine tablet (the
Power of Music) with friezes and trusses (37. 9s.), A fine
bust of Lord Chatham (17. 8s.) Jno. Voyer was probably
connected with the works in some way, as he signed Mr.
Christie's receipt for the proceeds of the sale, " for Mr.
Davy." * A similar establishment was founded at Lambeth in 1769 under the
name of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory. , Here Bacon the sculptor
found occupation, as a young man, in modelling figures, &c.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of December nth, 1783, and two following days.

Four large vases, representing the four seasons, in biscuit
ios. 6d., Lygo*
Seven dishes and 7 plates, laced with fine blue and a pair of
white hen and chicken tureens 14s. 6d.
A set of five vases in biscuit il. 6s., Lygo
A pair of small sitting artificial stone figures il. 6s.
A pair standing ditto il. 5s.
A figure of Milton and 2 pair figures il. ns. 6d., Lygo
A dejune-, fine blue and white and a toy set, 33 pieces 9s. 6d.,
Lygo
A white tea set, 30 pieces 1 is.
A white desert service 31 pieces il. 4s., Lygo ,
One large India group, 2 ducks and dishes, in biscuit 15s. 6d.
One pair large jars, green and white 13s., Lygo
One large group 3 Virgins distressing Cupid it 7s.
Two pair of figures to correspond 13s. 6d.
A pair white bread baskets, and 6 cups and saucers enamel'd
8s.
A set of 3 jars decorated with natural flowers and gilt il. ios.
A group of figures May day, and a pair large swans, white 14s.
A pair large foxes of the artificial stone 14s., Lygo
A group of Jason and Medea on a pedestal in biscuit 1 is. 6d.
A tablet in biscuit 8s.
A hen and chicken and 2 ducks, white 6s. 6d.
A large figure of Neptune in biscuit and 6 white vases ios. 6d.
* J Lygo was the agent in London of Duesbury, and succeeded W.
Wood at the Warehouse in Bedford-street, Covent Garden,
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116 knife and fork handles, white 4s., Lygo
A large vase and 2 altar pieces green and white Lygo
Two hen and chicken tureens and 2 round ditto 5 s. 6d.
A large carp, 2 flower pots, and two hen and chicken ditto
5s. 6d.
A large figure of Jupiter, 2 owls and a pair of figures in biscuit
gs.
A set of figures, the 5 senses on pedestals il.
A boar's head and 2 swans in biscuit 7s.
Two pair of busts, Shakespear and Garrick, and 2 Madona's in
plaister 8s., Lygo
A set of 5 shell vases in biscuit 5 s.
A set of 3 superb and elegant vases, enamel'd in compartments
with figures, richly finished with chased and burnished
gold 14I. 14s., Lygo
12 plates, 8 leaves, and 2 baskets, white 12 s.
A pair of fine large hens, mazarine blue ground ns.
A large figure of Venus in plaister il. gs.
The moulds of ditto il. is., Lygo
A pair of large pigeon houses, enamel'd and gilt 2I. 12s. 6d.
A bust of the Queen and 6 figures in biscuit 1 os. 6d.
A set of figures, the four quarters in artificial stone 4I. 16s.
A pair of small figures of the artificial stone il. 2s.
The moulds of ditto 2/. 16s.
A pair of large setting figures ditto 3?. 6s.
The moulds of ditto 1 1. 4s.
A pair of foxes ditto il. 7s.
The moulds of ditto 2I.
A beautiful large group of Bellisarius, in artificial stone il. 5s.
The moulds of ditto il. 2s., Lygo
An elegant Equestrian mould of his present Majesty 3/. 3 s.,
Lygo
The moulds of a large figure of Britania, 5ft. high 2I. 2s.,
Lygo*
The moulds of a less ditto 15s.*
* Some figures of large dimensions were made at Chelsea. A piece of
this class was lately on sale in London. It apparently represented Una
with the Lion, being a female with the animal at her feet. It measured 27
inches in height and was marked with the red anchor.
As regards these moulds of the figures of Britannia Mr. Raphael W.
Read remarks relative to the first "This no doubt was 'the mold of the
" large figur of Britannia' to which Robert Boyer alluded in his letter to
" Duesbury of Feb. 18th, 1784, when, in informing him that they 'were'
" ' pretty forward in the pulling down of the buildings of Chelsea,'
" (bought by Lygo at this sale,) Boyer enquires whether the said mould The

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The moulds of a group of figures of Bacchus and Ariadne and
12 busts 5 s.
A large quantity of old plaster moulds 2I 7s., Crowder
Fixtures in the Painting Rooms, Mill House, &*c.
Two large iron stoves , 2I. 7s.
A turning lath and wheel' il. ns.
A quantity of chalk il. 4s.
A large quantity of saggers 5 s.
Buildings.
A stable and hay loft 4I. 14s. 6d.
A drying room 5Z. 7s. 6d.
The mill house 12I. is. 6d. Lygo
The two painting rooms 8Z. 8s.
f The moulding room
\ The kiln house 50Z., Lygo
The wood house and burning room gl. gs.
(The gross proceeds of the sale amounted to ^686.)
"should be 'sent to the warehous or broake?' This mould also was
" purchased by Lygo.1 but there is at present no evidence to show that it
" was ever used for its legitimate purpose.
" Of the ' less' mould, however, there is great probability that a speci-
" men exists ; for at the sale of the collection of Mr. James Sanders in
" 1875 was a lot described (apparently correctly) as of Chelsea workman
ship: — 'BRITANNIA, a figure of unusual size, in coloured and gilt
" 'drapery, on white and gold scroll plinth, encrusted with flowers,'
" ' 2iyi,in. high.' This piece of porcelain realised 157/. ior.
"These facts are certainly a little at issue with the current impression
" that the statuette, lately in the possession of Mr. J. J. Bagshawe, Shef-
" field, is from the mould alluded to in Boyer's letter. Specimens of
" Mr. Bagshawe's figure are seen both with detached pedestals and without-
"them: in the former case they measure about 15, in the latter about
"\\% inches in height. It is therefore not altogether obvious what could
"have instigated Boyer to enquire as to the warehousing or the breaking
"up of a mould calculated to produce pieces ofthe not unusual dimensions
"last cited."

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Another Sale by Auction was held by Messrs. Christie
and Ansell on May 17th, 1784, and five following days, of
the Derby and Chelsea Porcelain. The objects are
described in the Title page as being " qf the most delicate
approved Patterns and Shapes, finished in a Style of
superior Richness and Elegance from the choicest Speci
mens of the SEVE, DRESDEN, BERLIN, and
MONSIEUR Manufactories." The articles themselves,
with very few exceptions, do not differ at all from the lots
found in the previous catalogues.
A complete desert service, enamel'd with coloured sprigs,
purple ring entwin'd with green leafage and gold edge,
consisting of 24 plates, 13 compotiers, and a pair of
cream bowls and stands yl 7s.
A very capital complete set of tea china, new shape cups,
richly enamel'd with fine blue and gold, 41 pieces
gl. gs.
An elegant punch barrel, with a silver cock, enamel'd with oak
leaves and acorns 3?. 3s.
Five superb and elegant vases beautifully painted in compart
ments with figures, and richly ornamented with fine
green and gold borders and gold stripes 15I. 15s.,
Price
Two very superb cabinet cups and stands, Seve pattern, beau
tifully painted in compartments, fine green celeste
ground, richly gilt with chas'd burnished gold 81.,
Price
A pair of uncommonly large vases beautifully decorated with
natural flowers, finely painted with figures and land
scapes, and richly gilt with burnished gold 30?.
Although there was a considerable assemblage of persons
of note, as well as the usual number of Dealers, present
at this sale, a large proportion of the lots seems to have
been bought in by Mr. Duesbury.

DUESBURY' S
ANNUAL CATALOGUE

OF HIS

DERBY
PORCELAI N
Which will be Sold by Auction,
By Mr. CHRISTIE,
At the GREAT ROOM,
Next Cumberland House, Pall Mall,
O N
MONDAY, MAY 23, 1785,
And five following Days.

To be View'd on Friday and Saturday preceding the Sale which
will begin each day at Twelve o'Clock.

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of May 23, 1785, and five following Days.

One pair of figures, Harlequin* and Columbine, 1 pair flute
and cymbal, and 2 pair of sitting Cupids ditto il. 3s.,
Senior
A pair of enamel'd figures, Andromache and Plenty il. 6s.
A large and complete desert service, elegantly enamel'd with
different landscapes, finished with a beautiful laurel
and buff border with fine blue and gold lines &c. 19?.
19s., Col. Thompson
A beautiful pair of caudle or cabinet cups, covers and stands,
peacock pattern, richly enamel'd with the fine blue and
gold 2I., ditto
A pair of broth basons, covers and stands, beautifully enamel'd
with fine blue and gold il. 5 s., Lady Fitzwilliam
Three flower beakers, faun colour ground an gilt 18s.
A complat desert service of the fine old Japan pattern 43
pieces 15Z.
A beautiful gallon punch bowl enamel'd with fine ultramine
borders, highly enriched with pearls and burnished gold
il. 7s.
* Before 1800 Harlequin was dressed in a long loose jacket and in
trousers, as seen in the early statuettes. In this year, however, at Drury
Lane in " Harlequin Amulet" James Byrne introduced the tight-fitting
spangled "shape" of the present British stage; the celebrated Grimaldi
was Clown, and Miss Menage, afterwards the wife of Mr. M. W. Sharp,
the artist, Columbine in the pantomime.
An

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An elegantly finished set of 5 vases, the centre one about 1 1 y2
inches high, the other pieces to correspond, beautifully
enamel'd in compartments on one side with pastoral
groups, and on the other landscapes, in a pure self
colour, elegantly ornamented with fine blue and gold
gl. 19s. 6d., Morgan
A very elegant desert service enamel'd with bouquets of flowers
and fine blue and gold field-de-suc pattern, 43 pieces
17Z. 17s.
A Derbyshire milk pail and ladle and 6 egg cups white and
gold il. 14s:
A pair of neat butter tubs, covers and stands, basket work
border, gold edge and ring 18s., Lady Weymouth
A beautiful group of 2 Bacchants dressing Pan with a garland of
flowers in biscuit 2I 4s., Lady Mary Duncomb
A beautiful small centre vase elegantly enamel'd, on 1 front
a tamborine boy from C. Whites beautiful plate, on
the other a landscape, and 1 pair of ewer shape vases
enamel'd in compartments with pastoral figures, richly
gilt with burnished gold stripes 81. 8s., Lady E. York
A very capital desert service highly enamel'd with landscapes
of a pure self color, and richly finished with borders
&c. in burnished gold, 43 pieces 26I. 5s., Sir T.
Wentworth
A very elegant complete set of tea china, new shape cups>
enamel'd with festoons of gold husks, fine ultramine
blue border, richly finished with pearls and burnished
gold, 41 pieces 61. 16s. 6d., Price
Six very elegant caudle cups, covers and stands, highly finished
with pearls and burnished gold, on a fine ultramarine blue
ground 3I. gs., Price
Eight fine old blue and gold Japan pattern fruit dishes 2I. 2s.,
Lady Cornwall
A superbly elegant cabinet cup, cover and stand, peacock pattern,
fine mazarine blue ground, enriched with burnished gold
and one pah toilet boxes il. ios.
A very elegant large bowl, beautifully finished with pearls and
burnished gold, on fine ultramarine blue borders 3Z.,
Temple
A group representing Music and 2 pairs of Cupids in biscuit
1 1, ios.
An

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An elegant finished set of five vases, the centre one full 1 2
inches high, hath on one front a beautiful landscape, and
on the other a figure of Sterne's Maria, the two side
pieces to correspond, on one is represented a group of
Damon and Delia, on the other a group of Paris and
Oenone, and 2 ewer shape Vases to complete the set,
ornamented with fine green and richly finished with
burnished gold 14?.
A pair of very beautiful Caudle or Cabinet Cups, enamel'd in
compartments with rose coloured Cupids, richly finished
with fine burnished gold stripes 2I. 15s.
A beautiful large group of 3 graces distressing Cupid, in biscuit
2/L 14s., Lady Monson
A beautiful bason and ewer, elegantly enamel'd, with a fine
blue and gold pearl and fringe border 2I.
A beautiful large dejunee, with 2 cups and saucers, enamel'd
with vases, neat festoons of husks, and pink and gold
borders $1. ios.
A beautiful complete desert service, enamel'd with land
scapes highly finished and decorated with entwined
borders, &c. of a fine ultramarine blue and burnished
gold, consisting of 24 plates, 13 comportiers of the
newest and most fashionable forms and sizes, a pair of
cream bowls, covers, stands and spoons 26I. 5s.,
Dutchess of Portland
A figure of Andromache and 2 pair of figures il. 13s.
Six large scollop'd shells and 2 pair sauce boats blue and white
9s.
Twelve coffee cans and saucers, enamel'd fine blue and white
1?. 4s., Lady Mary Duncombe
A French pattern group, a pair of Mars and Minerva and 2
pair shooting Cupids, in biscuit il, ns.
An elegant finished set of Fine Vases, highly ornamented with
figures of a pure Self colour and enriched with chased
and burnished gold 12^. is. 6d., Jones
A set of figures on pedestals representing the 4 seasons, in
biscuit il. 28., Lady M. Duncombe
An inkstand enamel'd green and gold ios., Lady Payne
A pair of elegant ice pails, basons and covers, enamel'd with
groups of flowers, fine mazarine blue ground, richly gilt
3Z. 1 8s. A

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A beautiful model 'd centre vase (about 9%in. high) decorated
with fine ultramarine blue, enriched with chas'd and
burnished gold, in a very striking and brilliant stile,
with on one front a landscape delicately enamel'd, and
on the other a figure of Una (vide Spencer's Fairy Queen),
together with two vases finished to correspond, the
front of one represents the Birth of Shakespear, the
front of the other Shakespear 's Tomb, admirably finished
from those sublime compositions of A. Kavffman;
two ewer form'd vases to complete the set, the
front of one represents an enamel of the Tamborine
Boy, the front of the other the Cymbal Girl, delicately
finished from C. White's beautiful plates 15?. 15s.,
Simson
A most capital compleat desert service, beautifully enamel'd
in the centre with boys and girls, in different action,
enriched with fine, blue and gold, the border highly
enriched with pearls and burnish'd gold, on a fine
ultramarine blue ground, 43 pieces 40?. 19s., Lewis
A pair of double ice pails ditto, and a pair of single ditto
13Z. 2,s. 6d., Lewis
A pair of neat pint mugs, enamel'd fine blue and gold ios.,
Lady How
A set of 3 vases and a pair of candlesticks, mounted with cut
glass, enamel'd in compartments with groups of flowers,
fine blue ground ornamented with burnished gold
A breakfast set 2I. 5s., Dutchess of Devonshire
A pair of Madona groups il. 8s.
A pair of small size tureens and covers, enamel'd fine blue and
gold, &c. il. ios., Lord Percy
A figure of Diana and 4 seasons il. gs.
A small size punch bowl, enamel'd with fruit and fine mazarine
blue and gold 6s., Lord Grimston
A pair of elegant tripods, supported by three therms, in biscuit,
enamel'd with a fine blue ground, richly ornamented
with burnished gold 3?. 4s., Lady Mary Duncombe
A complete desert service, enamel'd blue and white Chantilly
pattern, consisting of 24 plates, 13 comportiers of the
newest shapes and sizes and 1 pair cream bowls, covers
and stands 5Z., Lady Walpole L A

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An elegant compleat set of tea china, peacock pattern,
enamel'd with a colour'd honeysuckle border and richly
gilt, 41 pieces 3?. 13s., Lord Grimston
A pair of figures, sportsman and companion, 1 pair Harlequin
and Columbine and 1 pair sitting Cupids, in biscuit
il. 3s., Lady Mary Duncombe
A pair of superbly elegant caudle or cabinet cups, covers and
stands, beautifully enamel'd with roses and landscapes,
fine yellow ground, richly ornamented with burnished
gold 4/., Price
Six ice cream cups and covers on a stand, enamel'd with
festoons of green husks and purple and gold border
il. 4s., Dutchess of Portland
A very elegant pair of ice pails, basons and covers, enamel'd
with figures and highly finished with fine ultramarine
blue and gold 5Z., Lord Bessborough
A complete set of tea china (except the tea-pot) highly
enriched with festoons of gold husks and gold borders,
38 pieces 5I. 15s., Mrs. Crewe
A beautiful dejunee richly enamel'd and highly finished with
fine burnished gold, &c. 3?. 19s., Dutchess of Devon
shire
An elegant set of 5 vases, enamel'd in a peculiar and uncommon
stile of richness and beauty, with groups of natural
flowers and inlaid with a chased and burnished gold
ground, fine ultramarine blue borders enriched with
pearls and burnished gold 14I. 14s., Gandasque
Six breakfast basons and stands, enamel'd with flowers and fine
blue and gold border 2I. 6s., Imperial Ambassador
A pair of beautiful tripods, ornamented with natural flowers,
fine crimson ground, enriched with burnished gold
2I. 9s.
A set of 3 elegant Vases enamel'd in compartments with groups
of coloured flowers, fine blue ground enriched with
burnished gold and a pair of vase candlesticks. 4I.
Montague
A beautiful complete desert service, highly enameVd with
landscapes in the centre and finished with a green laurel
and buff border and fine blue and gold lines, 43 pieces.
23Z. 12s. 6d., Lady Churchill
A pair of double ice pails ditto $1. 2s. 6d., Lady Churchill A

v ( 9i )
A beautiful group of figures, of 2 Virgins awaking Cupid, in
biscuit 1?. 1 6s.
A cheese stand and 2 salad dishes, enamel'd fine blue and
white 17s.,, Imperial Ambassador
A toy dejunee, enamel'd gilt and 2 half-pint mugs, white and
gold ios., Lady Payne
A beautiful pair of groups representing Poetry and Music, in
biscuit 2I. is., Imperial Ambassador
An elegant formed central vase (about 9j£in. high) finished
in a peculiar uncommon stile of richness and beauty,
with on one front a landscape, and on the other Sewin's
so justly admired figure of meditation enamel'd with
the utmost delicacy, together with 2 vases (about 8J^in.
high) finished to correspond, one front of each is occu
pied with a landscape ; the other fronts, one represents
the Birth of Shakespear, and the other Shakespear' s
Tomb, admirably finished from those sublime composi
tions of A. Kauffman (in possession of Lady Rushout)
and 2 ewer form'd vases to complete the set, the
front of one represents the Tamborine Boy and on the
other a Cymbal Girl, from C. White's beautiful plates
16?. 5 s. 6d., Nixon
A very capital large bowl, beautifully enamel'd in the centre
with a landscape, highly finished with borders of fine
burnished gold 3?. 7s.
A pair of elegant ice pails, basons and covers, richly enamel'd
with figures and fine blue and gold $1. 5 s., Lord Gore
A figure of Time, 2 pair shooting Cupids and 4 small figures
on pedestals in biscuit il.
A punch barrel, enamel'd with oak leaves, acorns, &c. 3?. 2s.,
Price
A pair of beautiful cabinet cups and saucers, richly enamel'd in
'compartments with figures, green mosaic ground, en
riched with chas'd and "burnished gold 3?. ios., Jones
Six beautiful double handle chocolate cups and saucers, e^iamel'd
with festoons of coloured flowers, entwined with blue
ribbons and highly enriched with chas'd and burnished
gold 2I. ios., Jones
A very elegant table service with richly finished blue aud gold
sprigs and fine blue and gold border, consisting of 60
table plates 2 tureens, dishes, &c. &c. in all 94 pieces
48 1. 6s., Farrar

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A grand centre vase (full i6in. high) magnificently enriched
with an ornamental ground of natural flowers inlaid
with burnished gold and fine blue and gold pearl bor
ders, on one front is displayed a Landscape and on the
other is a fine enamel of Damon and Musidora from
Thompson's Seasons, to which is added 2 side vases
about ioin. high, and 2 antique ewer forms to complete
the set, each of which has on one front figures repre
senting the 4 periods of the day, morning from Shakes-
pear's Cymbeline, noon from Gray's elegy in a Country
Church-yard, evening from Shakespear 's Twelfth Night,
and night from Shakespear's Merchant of Venice 34?.
13s., Price*
A figure of Diana, a pair Mars and Minerva and a pair Jupiter
and Juno, in biscuit il. igs. "
* A suite of five magnificent vases, with blue and gold borders, the
bowls enamelled with flowers on a gold ground, and painted with subjects
in oval medallions — the centre vase with Celadon and Amelia, the two
smaller ones with subjects from Shakespeare, the remaining pair, which
were ewers, with figures of Damon and Musidora, and all marked with the
gold anchor, sold in 1872 for 600/.

A
CATALOGUE

OF

A large and elegant Assortment
OF THE
Worcester Porcelaine,
consisting of
A great Variety of Table and Desert Services ;
Tea and Coffee Equipages ; Baskets, Leaves,
Compoteers, . Jars and Beakers ; Porringers,
Caudle-Cups, Sauce-Boats, and sundry other
Articles ; most of which are finely enamell'd
in Figures, Birds, Flowers, Landsapes, &c, and
enrich'd with Gold.
Which will be Sold by Auction,
By Mr. CHRISTIE,
At his GREAT ROOM, Pall Mall,
On THURSDAY the 14th of this Instant December, 1769, and
Five following Days (Sunday excepted).

To be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 12th and 13th
Instant, and to the Time of Sale, which will begin each Day
at Twelve o'Clock.

CATALOGUES may be had (gratis) as above. '

EXTRACTS FROM THE
CATALOGUE, &c,
Of December 14, 1769, and five following Days
(Sunday excepted).

Two blue and white sallad dishes, two double handle sauce-
boats, and two goss lettuce ditto ios. 6d.
Two blue and white cabbage leaves, four ditto vine Jeaves, four
oval compotiers and two candlesticks 12s.
Twelve imaged cups and saucers, a tea pot and bason 16s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, enamell'd in flowers,
forty three pieces 2I. 9s.
Six twisted double handle caudle-cups and saucers ditto il. ios.
Twelve twisted handle cups and saucers, five coffee cups, a
tea-pot, a bason and plate, a sugar dish cover and plate,
jet enamell'd, with a tea-table il. 12s.*
Six chocolate cups and saucers, tea pot, and bason, in coloured
landscapes 18s.
A fine jet enamel'd bowl, with a fox-chace, and a large ditto
beer jug 1 1. 4s.
Two oval cream basons, covers and plates, enamel'd with
Dresden flowers il. 13s.
Eight round baskets, two sizes, and eight plates, mazarine blue
enamell'd in flowers il. 12s.
Two oval tureens, covers and dishes, quadroon edges enameled
in flowers and gilt il. 16s. W.
* The use of transfer-printed subjects in black and white, here called
"jet enamell'd," seems to have been much in vogue at this time ; these
were also sometimes printed in purple. In the following lot, the il coloured
landscapes" were transfer prints with the addition of colour laid on by
hand ; the effect of this was heavy and by no means good.
Two

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Two oval butter pots, covers and plates, and two round ditto
mazarine blue iZ. 12s.
Twenty-four rose leaves desert plates , iZ. 16s.
A pair of enameled oval cream basons pierced covers and
plates 19s.
A compleat tea, coffee, and chocolate equipage with handles of the
fine old pheasant pattern 49 pieces 4I. 4s.
A jar and cover and two beakers, jet enameled milk maid
pattern 13 s. 6d.
Twelve handle cups and saucers, six chocolate cups and
saucers, tea pot, bason and plate, enameled in purple
flowers iZ. 12 s.
Twenty four table plates, jet, enameled in landscapes iZ. 9s.
Twelve fluted handle cups and saucers, 6 coffee cups, and two
tea pots plain Queen's pattern 2I.
A service of fifteen oblong dishes, five sizes, blue sprig pattern
2I. 4s.
A desert set ditto, containing nine compoteers iZ. 2s.
A blue and white jar and cover, and two beakers, weeping
z willow 6s. 6d*
Two oval cream basons, covers and plates, enamelled with
Dresden flowers 12s. 6d.
A compleat tea set, jet, enameled milkmaid pattern, forty three
pieces iZ. 13s.
A compleat tea and coffee equipage jet enamelled with a tea-
table, forty three pieces iZ. 16s., Giles
A nest of four bowls enamelled in purple landscapes 18s.
Twelve cups and saucers, 6 coffee cups, tea-pot, bason and
plate, plain Queen's pattern 2I. 2s.
A compleat tea and coffee equipage, jet, enameled le amour,
forty three pieces il. 18s.
A desert service, containing four round compotiers, 3 heart
shaped ditto, 2 oval ditto, 2 ditto less, 2 large deep
ditto, and twelve plates, jet, enamelled in buildings
2s. 8s., Lord Bertie
Twelve cups with handles and saucers, 6 coffee cups, tea pot,
bason, sugar dish and cover, of the rich mazarine blue
and gold wheat-sheaf pattern 3Z. 7s., Morgan^
Four fine enameled oval pierced baskets, green handles iZ. is.
A complete fluted tea and coffee equipage, of the fine old
Japan star pattern, forty three pieces 3Z. ns.
* These were probably early pieces painted by hand in imitation of the
blue and white Nankin. Large hexagonal jars are sometimes met with
similarly decorated and bearing a very close resemblance to Oriental. A

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A beautiful bowl, with a fox chase, jet, enamelled and a large
jug iZ. 5s.*
A service of sixteen oblong blue and white dishes, five sizes,
a tureen, cover and dish, forty-eight plates, twelve soup
ditto, two sauce boats, four ovarcompoteers, and two
round ditto 5Z. 7s. 6d., Williams
Twelve breakfast cups and saucers, six coffee-cups, six choco
late ditto, a bason and a milk-pot, fine old pheasant
pattern 2Z. 4s.
A service for a desert, containing two large oval compoteers,
two round ditto, four ditto less, four heart-shaped ditto,
four cabbage leaves, one round basket, and twenty four
plates, of the mazarine blue, enamel'd in flowers 7Z. 7s.,
Williams
Twelve cups and saucers, teapot and stand, coffee pot, six
coffee cups and bason, in purple milk maids il. 16s.
A service for a desert, containing three large round baskets,
four ditto less, four heart-shaped compoteers, four vine
leaves and twelve plates enameled in flowers 3Z. 18s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, white and gold forty three
pieces 2Z. ios.
Two large pierced baskets, with green handles ios. 6d.
A complete tea set with handles, jet, enameled with buildings,
forty-three pieces iZ. 16s.
A ditto coffee-pot and stand, six large coffee cups, and six ditto
less 14s. 6d.
A tea and coffee equipage, with handles, enameled in Dresden
flowers, forty-two pieces 2Z. 6s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, with handles, forty three
pieces, enameled in fine blue flowers and gold edges
iZ. 1 6s.
A stand, with four baskets, and four enameled vine leaves
iZ. 2S.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, with handles, Queen's
pattern, forty three pieces 4Z. ns.
A jet enameled bowl in landscapes, and two purple ditto less
12s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, with handles, mazarine
blue, enamelled in birds, forty three pieces 3Z. ns.
* One of these transfer-printed bowls with a fox chase was sold by
auction in 1 872 for 10/. The " large jug" similarly decorated in transfer
would now fetch a much more considerable sum. Parts of tea services
such as are described in the present catalogue, when sold in detail, have
frequently made from 40/. to 50/. The prices for these wares are, however,
at the present time less extravagant. Twenty

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Twenty four table plates finely enamelled in Dresden flowers
2 1. 16s.
A service for a desert, mazarine blue and gold, containing a
large oval compoteer, two ditto less, two cabbage leaves,
six round compoteers, four round baskets, and four ditto
less, all enamelled in flowers 5Z. 17s. 6d.
Four blue and white vine leaves, four ditto rose leaves, four
oval compoteers and two hand-candlesticks 7s.
A jar and cover, and two beakers, jet, enamelled milk maid
14s. 6d.
Two large deep blue and white pierced fruit dishes ios.
Six caudle cups, covers and saucers, fine old japan fan pattern
iZ. 19s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage,, sprig pattern, mazarine
blue panels, forty three pieces 2Z. 2s. N
Twelve beautiful plates, old mosaick japan pattern 2Z. 15s.,
Adair
Twenty-four rose-leav'd enamelled desert plates 2Z. 5 s.
A service for a desert, consisting of two large round compoteers,
four ditto less* four ditto, four heart-shaped ditto, and
twenty-four plates, jet enamell'd in landscapes, figures,
and buildings. 2Z. 6s., Lord Bertie
Eleven breakfast cups, twelve saucers, six coffee cups, six
chocolate ditto, a tea pot and stand, a bason, a tea jar,
milk pot, and spoon-boat, of the fine old pheasant
pattern. 2Z. ios., Warren
Twenty-two chocolate cups, enamel'd in colour'd landscapes
1 8s.
A set of three jars and covers, and two beakers, jet, enamell'd
in birds 12 s. 6d.
Four scollopt and embost sallad bowls, enamell'd in flowers
, ns. 6d.
A tea set, containing, ten cups, twelve saucers, six coffee cups,
tea-pot and stand, bason and plate, sugar dish cover
and plate, tea-jar, milk-pot and spoon boat, fine old rich
mosaic japan "pattern
Six chocolate cups and saucers, ditto 5Z. 5s., Morgan*
Six caudle cups and saucers, ditto 2Z. ios., Morgan t
Four round mazarine blue baskets, two round ditto butter-pots,
covers and plates, enamel'd in flowers iZ.
* Some of the finer specimens of the "rich mosaic japan pattern" are very
close imitations, both in richness of colouring and decoration of the old
Japan j the amount of labour spent on the diapering and gilding must have
been very considerable. A portion of a tea service consisting of twenty
pieces, sold separately, realised at public auction in 1874 .£51.
m Twelve

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Twelve breakfast cups and saucers, tea-pot and stand, bason
and plate, eight coffee cups, sugar dish cover and plate,
tea-jar, milk-pot, spoon-boat, coffee-pot and stand, fine
old sprig japan pattern, plain border 3Z.
A jar and cover, and two beakers, blue and white 5s. 6d.
Six breakfast basons and plates, six cups and saucers, five
coffee-cups and a tea pot, fine old scrole japan pattern
iZ. 4s., Bristow
A desert service of the fine white and gold, containing two
round scollopt compoteers, four deep ditto, one oval
ditto, four cabbage leaves, four vine ditto, two oval
cream basons, covers and plates, two ditto pierc'd
baskets and stands, and twenty-four plates 3Z. 6s.
Two fine oval white and gold cream-basons, pierc'd covers and
plates 15 s. 6d.
Two very fine white and gold large pierc'd rim'd sallad bowls
iZ. is., Morgan
A complete tea and coffee equipage, with twisted handles beauti-'
fully enamelled in natural groupes of blue flowers, gilt
edges forty-three pieces 3Z. 13s., Williams*
Six ditto chocolate cups and saucers iZ. 2s.
Twelve ribb'd handle cups and saucers, six coffee cups, tea pot
and stand, bason and plate, sugar dish cover and plate,
tea jar and spoon boat, enamel'd in parrots 2Z. 17s.
Solomons
Six chocolate cups and saucers ditto 12s. 6d.
Two large leaves of the rich mazarine blue and gold in flowers
iZ. 4s.
Two oval tureens covers and dishes, enamelled in flowers
iZ. 19s.
Four scollopt enamelled sallad bowls il. is.
Twenty four rose-leav'd enamelled desert plates 2Z. 6s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, with twisted ¦ handles, very
finely enamelled in blue flowers and gold dental edges
forty two pieces 5Z.
Six ditto caudle-cups and saucers, equally fine iZ.- 17s.
A complete fluted tea and coffee equipage, twisted handles, of
the fine old Pheasant pattern, forty three pieces 2Z. ns.
Twelve cups and saucers, six coffee cups, tea pot and stand,
sugar dish and cover, tea jar and spoon boat, of the
rich Queen's pattern 3Z. 12s., Vaughan
* This decoration consisted of groups and festoons of flowers painted in
a bright cobalt blue, quite different from the darker "mazarine" blue. It
is generally found on a white ground and sometimes applied to Vases and
pieces of importance. Six '

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Six double handled caudle cups and saucers ditto 2Z. gs.
Morgan
A complete tea and coffee equipage of the very rich mazarine blue
and gold, fine old wheatsheaf pattern, forty three pieces
5Z. 5s., Morgan*
A compleat tea and coffee equipage, fine old japan sprig
pattern, plain border, forty three pieces 3Z. 3 s.
A curious stand for the centre of a desert, decorated with
shells, &c iZ. 3s.
A complete tea and coffee equipage with handles, jet, enamelled
L' Amour, forty three pieces iZ. 18s., Mr. Giles
Two yellow ground jars and covers enameled in flowers
ns. 6d.
Three scarlet ground imag'd jars and two beakers iZ. 2s.
Three scrole japan pattern tea pots and three basons 12s. 6d.
A jar and cover, and two beakers, japan pattern flowers 14s.
A large jet enamell'd bowl, and two ditto less in purple land
scapes 9s.
A stand, with pierc'd baskets, and four cabbage leaves 14s.
Four round butter-pots, covers and plates, mazarine blue and
gold, enamelled in birds 2Z. 3s.
A table service of the fine old pheasant pattern, containing six
teen oblong dishes, five sizes, three dozen of plates,
twelve breakfast ditto, and twelve soup ditto 9Z. 9s.,
Adair
A compleat tea and coffee equipage with handles, fine old
scarlet japan pattern, 43 pieces 3Z. 5s., Morgan
Two large leaves of the rich mazarine blue and gold, in flowers
iZ. 4s.
A jar and cover, and two beakers, jet, enamelled milk-maid
pattern 8s. 6d., Lawley
Four enamelled yellow ground sauce-boats, and two oval
enamelled butter basons, covers and plates 17s.
* The Wheatsheaf pattern is Oriental in appearance and consists of
Japanese flowers in. compartments, with the addition of a red and yellow
wheatsheaf, the ground usually of dark blue scale. Specimens of this kind
when the colours and gilding are rich sell for large sums. A cnp and saucer
for five or six pounds — when painted in birds with a fine blue ground, a
much larger sum. A few examples where the subjects are figures in the
Watteau style of decoration have fetched £40 each cup and saucer. In one
other instance, at the sale of Mr. Percy Robins' collection by Messrs.
Christie in 1874, a large cup with- open-work handles and a deep saucer of
the shape described in the present catalogue as "caudle cups and saucers
with pierced handles," sold for a still larger sum. " A large two-handled
cup and saucer, painted with figures, birds, and flowers in blue scale
borders, richly gilt, ^100. A

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A very rich and complete tea and coffee equipage, with handles,
of the Queen's pattern, with a coffee-pot, 45 pieces
5Z. 5 s., Burnsall
Four white and gold tea-pots 12 s.
A fine table service of sixteen oblong dishes, in five sizes, a
tureen, cover and dish, five dozen of table plates, and
eleven soup ditto of the rich mazarine blue and gold
enamelled in flowers 20Z. 9s. 6d., Williams
Twelve imag'd handle cups and saucers, teapot and bason
1 6s. 6d.
A complete tea and coffee equipage, forty three pieces, of the
fine old rich dragon pattern, blue Celeste borders 6Z.
17s. 6d., Burnsall
Six ditto pierced-handled caudle-cups and saucers, and a coffee
pot ditto 3Z. 13s., ditto
An elegant table service,* of jet enamelled, in landscapes, figures
and buildings, consisting of 16 oblong dishes, five sizes,
four sallad ditto, two tureens, covers and dishes, six
dozen plates, and twenty four soup ditto 19Z. 19s., Giles
A very fine and complete tea and coffee equipage of the old rich
Mosaic japan pattern, forty three pieces, and six
chocolate cups and saucers ditto 6Z. 6s., Lichfield
Six fine caudle-cups and saucers ditto 3Z. 3 s., ditto
A set of three elegant hexagon Jars and Covers, of the very rich
mazarine blue and gold, beautifully enamelled in birds
and insects 8Z. 15s., Burnsall*
* These are the only important Vases found in this sale ; the finer and
more ornamental specimens of Worcester were probably included in the
sale by Burnsall held in January of this year. These hexagonal Jars
painted in exotic birds with blue scale ground were made frequently at
Worcester, a set similar to the above would now fetch from Two to Three
hundred Pounds.

A
C A T A L 0 G U E
OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION^ of the
BRISTOL PORCELANE
CONSISTING of AN EXTENSIVE VARIETY of
ELEGANT PATTERNS in DESERT SER
VICES, TEA and COFFEE EQUIPAGES,
CABINET & CAUDLE CUPS, &c &c in
the newest and most approved Taste ;
Likewise, an Assortment of Medallions of curious
China Flowers, accurately model 'd and highly
finished ;
WHICH WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mess. CHRISTIE and ANSELL,
At their Great Room, next Cumberland House,
Pall Mall,
On Monday, February 28, 1780, and 2 following Days.
To be viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, which*will begin
each Day at 12 o'Clock.
Catalogues may be had as above, and at the Bank and
Garrawa/s Coffee Houses.

A CATALOGUE, &c.

FIRST DAY'S SALE,

Lot

MONDAY, February 28, 1780.
A Tea set green festoon, 37 pieces iZ. 16s., Conway
A tea set ditto iZ. 16s., Hussey
Twelve coffee cups blue and white 6s., Price
Twelve colored ditto 7 s., Sir W. Hammotid
Two ditto jugs 12s. 6d., ditto

6 A very fine coffee pot 9s.
7 A short set fine blue 19s.
8 A ditto, 21 pieces 19s.
9 Two large medallions iZ. 15s.*
10 Two small ditto iZ. 8s.
1 1 Six blue and gold egg cups gs.
* These circular medallions of white porcelain flowers in biscuit were
made in two sizes, about 2>% inches, and 6 inches. A few examples are
still extant, they must not be confounded with the larger oval shaped
plaques enclosing busts and coats of arms within a wreath of flowers. The
great beauty and delicacy of modelling of these groups of flowers are very
remarkable, but owing to their fragile nature they are seldom found in a
perfect state except when protected by their original glazed frame. A
small circular medallion of the kind mentioned in the catalogue was sold
by auction in 1876 for £\o. The more important pieces have sold for
very large sums. In Mr. Edkins' sale in 1874 an unusually fine specimen
enclosing a bust of Franklin fetched £165. Another example having the
arms of Burke and Nugent within the same beautiful wreath pf flowers
was sold in 1871 for ,£100.
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12 A fine dejune 2Z. 5s.
13 A green festoon tea set gold edge, 48 pieces 5Z. 2s. 6d.
Cooper
14 An enamel'd fine French ditto, 48 pieces 6Z., Sir W.
Hammond
15 Eight green and gold egg cups 12s.
•16 Four very fine embossed chocolate cups and saucers iZ.
17 Six white and gold ditto iZ. 7s.
18 A beautiful Dresden pattern desert set, 16 compotiers and
18 plates 11Z. os. 6d., Clarkson
19 A tea set in flowers ditto, 50 pieces 6Z., Davenport
20 A fine Dresden pattern desert set, 17 compotiers and 17
plates 12Z. 12s., Cooper
21 Six crimson band chocolate cups iZ. 8s.
22 Fourteen beautiful coffee cups and saucers iZ. 7s.
23 A china stand with 6 tea cups 9s., Sir J. Clifton
24 A very rich cream ewer 9s.
25 A ditto 8s., 6d., Sir J. Clifton
26 Two very fine caudle cups and covers 16s.
27 Two fine blue ditto 15s.
28 A green and gold tea set, 31 pieces 3Z. 16s., Clarkson
29 A matchless cabinet cup, cover and stand iZ. 7s.
36 A ditto chocolate cup and saucer, 1 ditto 2Z. ios.
3 1 Six fine chocolate cups and saucers 1 Z. 9s.
32 Six barrel shaped cups iZ.
3 3 Six beautiful French chocolate cups and saucers 2I. 12s. 6d.
34 Two very rich milk ewers and spoons 14s., Sir W. Ham
mond
,35 Six ditto barrel shape cups 19s. 6d.
36 Two matchless caudle cups, covers and stands 2/. 19s.
37 Seven very rich wheat sheaf chocolate cups and saucers
2Z. 1 6s.
38 Six fine caudle cups basket border, covers and stands
2Z. 9 s.
39 Two very rich coffee cups with fine antique heads iZ.
40 Two ditto caudle cups, covers and stands iZ. is., Sir W.
Hammond
41 Two fine bowls finely painted ios. 6d.
42 Six valuable French pattern chocolate cups and saucers
2Z. 19s.
43 Two fine blue caudle cups, covers and stands ios.
44 A history piece pink ditto 9s. 6d.
45 Two crimson bands ditto us. 6d.
46 Two matchless cabinet cups and saucers, green husks, &c.
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47 Ten fine blue egg cups 13s.
48 A very rich white and gold chocolate cup and saucer 1 is.
49 Two ditto French shape ribbon pattern 18s.
50 A ditto white and gold 1 ditto 17s.
51 Two ditto white and gold ios.
52 Two ditto French shape, running flower 6s.
53 Two spriged chocolate cups and saucers, and two green
hony pots 8s.
54 Six elegant French pattern chocolate cups and saucers
2I. 12s. 6d.
55 Two ditto with small colored flowers 15 s.
56 A very fine dejune with green husks iZ. 16s.
57 Two blue ribbon caudle cups and covers 13s.
58 Two ditto in flowers 13s.
59 Two fine gold band coffee cups and saucers ios. 6d., Sir
W. Hammond
60 Two large medallions iZ. 19s., Clarkson
61 Two small ditto iZ. 2s.
62 A desert set of Dresden pattern, festoon flowers, containing
12 pieces and 18 plates 11Z. 5 s., Hunter
63 A fine blue tea set 50 pieces 6Z. 17s. 6d., Cooper
64 A desert set of Dresden, festoon, flowers, 17 compotiers and
18 plates 12Z. 12s., Clarkson
65 A fine festoon tea set, enameled and gold edge, 52 pieces
4Z. 14s. 6d.
66 A ditto 50 pieces 5Z., Johnson
67 Two large medallions iZ.
68 Two small ditto 17s.
69 A blue ribbon tea set, 31 pieces 4Z., Price
70 A breakfast set, blue and gold, 31 pieces 2Z. is.
71 Six chocolate cups and saucers, white and gold, green
border iZ. 9s.
72 Six ditto white and gold iZ. 8s.
73 Six ditto iZ. 8s.
74 Six chocolate cups with an ivy sprig 16s.
75 Two green and gold butter tubs and stands 18s.
76 Two Dresden basons covers and stands 2Z. 18s.
77 Two large medallions iZ. 8s.
78 Two less ditto 18s.
79 Six new spriged Salopian cups and saucers iZ. 3s.
80 Six ditto iZ. 5s.
81 Six fine ice cups and stands 7s., Sir T. Gascoign
82 Five ditto and stands 8s., ditto
83 Eighteen blue and white chocolate cups and saucers,
Chantille pattern 16s.
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84 A green festoon tea set, 37 pieces iZ. 16s.
85 Twelve green breakfast cups and saucers, 1 bason, 2 plates
1 6s.
86 A breakfast set, green festoons, 17 pieces 18s.
87 Two large medallions iZ. 15s.
88 Two smaller ditto iZ. 4s.
89 Two beer jugs 13s.*
90 Two fine oval cream basons iZ. 15s.
91 Twelve white cups and saucers, and 8 coffee cups 12s.
92 Twelve ditto us. 6d.
93 A green festoon.set 37 pieces iZ. ios., Sir T. Gascoign
94 A ditto iZ. 17s.
95 Twelve blue and white coffee cups 6s.
96 Six very fine coffee cups with a green lock border ios.,
Sir T. Gascoign
97 Six ditto fine green husks and six saucers 14s.
98 Six very fine white and gold cups and saucers 14s.
99 A ditto Coffee pot 8s., Sir T. Gascoign
100 Two large medallions iZ. is., Hussey
101 Two smaller ditto iZ.
End of the First Day's Sale.

SECOND DAY'S SALE.
TUESDAY, February 29, 1780.
Lot j. /^vNE fine sprig'd jug with gold band, and six coffee
\^_) cups 13s.
2 Ditto 13s.
3 Ditto sprig'd 1 2s.
4 Ditto 13s.
5 One green and white tea set, brown edge, 31 pieces iZ. 9s.
6 Ditto iZ. ios.
* A set of Three Jugs in different sizes of good quality with masks
under the lips and decorated with festoons of flowers was sold in Mr.
Cother's sale in 1875 for £120. The same things at a public sale in the
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Lot 7 Two large medallions iZ. us.
8 Two smaller ditto iZ. 19s.
9 Nine fine coloured and gold coffee cups iZ. 4s.
10 Ten ditto iZ. 4s.
11 Six white and gold coffee cups and six saucers il. gs.
12 Six ditto iZ. 7s.
13 One fine crimson band tea set, 32 pieces 4Z. 6S., Hunter
14 One fine blue ditto, 18 ditto 19s.
15 One ditto bell-shape breakfast set, 49 ditto iZ. us. 6d.
16 One very rich blue ribbon tea set, 49 ditto 4Z. ios.
17 One fine blue tea set, 30 pieces iZ. 19s.
18 One ditto green and gold breakfast set, 32 pieces 3Z. 9s.
19 One very rich Dresden sprig'd tea set, 32 pieces 3Z. 16s.,
Thistlefhwaite
20 One fine ribbon pattern desert set with festoons of flowers,
38 pieces 15Z. 4s. 6d., Hunter*
21 One fine crimson band tea set, 33 ditto 4Z. 6s., Stanhope
22 One rich ribbon pattern desert set with festoons of flowers,
31 pieces 12Z. is. 6d., Hussey
23 One ribbon pattern tea set, 51 pieces 6Z. ios., Conyers
24 One green and gold breakfast set, 30 pieces 4/., Clarkson
25 Two large medallions 18s.
26 Two smaller ditto 18s.
27 Six most beautiful caudle cups, covers and stands, basket
border 3Z. is.
28 Six very rich French pattern chocolate cups and saucers
2Z. 9^. ^
29 Two very fine matchless cups and saucers, green husks and
antique heads iZ. is., Chetwynd
30 Ditto iZ. 2S., Hussey
31 Ditto iZ. 2s., Danby
32 Ditto iZ. is., ditto
33 Ditto with three heads each iZ. 9s.
34 Two elegant French shape cups with heads iZ. is.
35 Two beautiful cabinet cups, covers and stands 2Z. 2s.
36 Two ditto with flowers and gold 2Z. 2 s.
37 One matchless dejune 5Z., Clarkson
38 One very rich cabinet cup and cover fine ribbon pattern 2Z.
39 Two ditto, fine green husks and ribbon ditto 2Z. 2s.
40 Two very rich French coffee cups, landscape and panel
iZ. is.
* Specimens from an uncommonly fine Dessert service corresponding
with the above description are occasionally seen. In Mr. Edkins' sale in
1874 a pair of Compotiers decorated in this way having ram's head handles
and very elaborate gilding sold for the unprecedented sum of ^270.
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41 Two ditto iZ. is., Gosling
42 One very rich pink and ribbon dejune 2Z. 2s., Chetwynd
43 Six ditto French coffee cups and six saucers 2Z. us.
44 Six very beautiful tea cups and saucers iZ. is.
45 Two very rich French chocolate cups and saucers with
heads il'. 2s.
46 Two ditto iZ.
47 Two ditto with fine coloured flowers iZ.
48 Six ditto with green husks 3Z. ios.
49 Three ditto with ditto and heads iZ. ios., Banks
50 One ditto with cover and stand, and one coffee cup and
stand iZ. $s. .
51 One very rich French set of teas, 30 pieces 3Z.
52 Six rich French pattern cups and saucers, green husks and
crimson bands 2Z. 7 s.
53 Two French cups and stands, two patterns 16s.
54 One elegant tea set, wheat sheaf pattern, 50 pieces
9Z. 19s. 6d., Hunter
55 One very rich tea set, festoon flowers and gold, 61 pieces
5Z. 17s. 6d.
56 One fine desert service with Dresden flowers, containing 11
compotiers and 18 plates 10Z. ios. ,
57 One fine tea set with green husks and pink pattern 57
pieces 7Z. 5s.
58 One fine desert service with Dresden flowers containing 17
compotiers and 18 plates 10Z. ios.
59 One fine Dresden pencil'd tea set, 48 pieces 17Z. 5 s. 6d.
Hunter
60 One rich tea set with festoons of flowers and gold, 50 pieces
5Z. 15s., Hussey
61 One fine green and gold tea set, containing 50 pieces 5Z. 5s.,
Conway
62 One very fine crimson band tea set, 31 pieces 4Z. 4s.
63 One ditto blue ribbon and Dresden sprig tea set, 31 ditto
4Z. ios.
64 One very beautiful desert service in festoons of flowers and
gold, containing 16 compotiers and 18 plates 10Z. ios.,
Banks
65 One very rich tea set fine flower stripe and gold, 34 pieces 6Z.
?65 One fine coloured tea set in festoons of flowers and gold,
, 50 pieces 6Z.
66 Two elegant ice pails in flowers and gold iZ. 18s.
67 One rich festoon tea set, 42 pieces 4Z.
68 Five fine Dresden sprig compotiers iZ. 18s.
60 Ditto iZ. 17s. Wilson
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Lot 71 Four round fine ditto iZ. 5s.
72 Six white and gold chocolate cups and saucers iZ. 9s.,
Conway
73 One complete Salopian table set, 126 pieces, the new
Salopian sprigs 27Z. 16s. 6d., Hussey
74 One desert set ditto, 66 pieces 10Z. ios., ditto
75 Two large medallions 1 7s.
76 Two less ditto 18s.
77 Six white and gold chocolate cups and six saucers iZ. ios.
78 Six ditto, iZ. 3s.
79 Eight fine ivy-sprig ditto cups 16s.
80 Two fine caudle cups, covers and stands in festoons of
flowers and gold 16s.
81 Two ditto blue and gold 13s.
82 Eighteen breakfast cups, Chantille sprigs iZ. 9s.
83 One fine crimson band tea set, 49 pieces 5Z. 5s.
84 Eight white and gold breakfast cups and saucers iZ. 13s.
85 One green festoon tea set, containing 37 pieces iZ. ios.
86 One ditto breakfast set 37 ditto iZ. 14s.
87 Ditto iZ. ios.
88 Twelve coloured coffee cups 7 s.
89 Twelve ditto green band and sprigs 8s.
90 Twelve green and gold coffee cups and twelve saucers iZ. 3s.
91 Twelve scrol pattern ditto and saucers iZ. 8s.
92 Six white and gold chocolate cups and six saucers iZ. 8s.
93 Six ditto 1 Z. 8s.
94 One green festoon breakfast set 31 pieces iZ. 5s.
95 One ditto, 37 pieces iZ. 16s.
96 Eight very fine ivy sprig'd chocolate cups iZ. is.
97 Eighteen blue Dresden sprig'd breakfast plates iZ. 9s.
98 Two large medallions ios. 6d.
99 Two smaller ditto 14s.
100 Twelve white teacups, 12 saucers and eight coffee cups
14s.
101 Nine blue and white coffee cups 3s.
End of the Second Day's Sale.

THIRD

THIRD DAY'S SALE.
WEDNESDAY, March i, 1780.
Lot 1 A SP^J1 tea set brown edge 33 pieces iZ. ios.
2 Xl A ditto, containing 35 ditto iZ. 6s.
3 A ditto 35 iZ. 9s.
4 A ditto 41 iZ. 15s.
5 A ditto 31 iZ. is.
6 A ditto 27 iZ.
7 A ditto breakfast set 15 pieces 12s.
8 Two large medallions iZ. 14s.
9 Two smaller ditto 9s. 6*Z. ¦
10 Two large ditto iZ. 3s.
1 1 Two smaller ditto " 9s. 6d.
12 Two large ditto iZ. 8s.
13 Two smaller ditto 6s. 6d.
14 A green and gold tea set, containing 50 pieces 5Z.
15 A fine enamelled festoon flowers, and gold, tea set, 50 pieces
6Z. 6s.
16 A fine crimson band breakfast set, containing 37 ditto
4Z. 15s.
17 A very rich breakfast set with rings and gold, 29 ditto 3Z.
18 A green festoon tea set, containing 42 pieces 3Z. 12 s!
19 A fine festoon desert set, containing 14 compotiers and 18
plates 11Z os. 6d.
20 A very rich tea set, wheatsheaf and crimson bands, 41
pieces 7Z. 7s.
21 A festoon desert service, containing 16 compotiers and 18
plates 11Z. us..
22 A matchless tea set, containing 57 pieces 11Z. us., Hussey
23 A fine blue ribbon tea set, containing 31 pieces 4Z. 8s.,
Lane
24 A beautiful Dresden pattern tea set, containing 50 pieces
6Z. 15s.
25 An elegant dessert service with sprigs, gold and ribbon
border, containing 25 compotiers and 30 plates 25Z. 4s.,
Hussey
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27 Two beautiful cabinet cups, covers and stands, antique
t heads 2Z. 15s.*
28 Two very rich ditto 2Z. 15 s.
29 A very beautiful ditto 3Z. 3s.
30 Six rich French chocolate cups and saucers 2Z. 16s.
31 Six ditto 2Z. 1 6s.
32 Six ditto 2Z. 15 s.
33 Six elegant breakfast cups and saucers 3Z.
34 Two fine French coffee cups and saucers with husks and
gold 17 s.
35 Four very fine ditto iZ. 6s.
36 Four rich ditto iZ. 16s.
37 Two very fine ditto 12s. 6d.
38 Two ditto 15 s.
39 Two very fine ditto us. 6d.
40 Four ditto— -passed
41 A very beautiful and rich ditto ios.
42 A very fine ditto 13s.
43 A ditto 13s.
44 Two very rich ditto 17 s. 6d.
45 Two ditto different patterns 13s. 6d.
46 Twelve ditto cups and saucers iZ. 15s.
47 Six ditto 19s.
48 A very rich milk ewer, 1 cup and 1 saucer us. 6d.
49 A very beautiful large dejune 5Z. ios.
50 A less ditto 2Z. 14s.
5 1 Two fine oval cream basons and covers 1 Z. 6s.
52 A Salopian table service with Chantille sprigs, containing
115 pieces 19Z. 19s., Hussey
* Fine specimens of these cups and saucers decorated with antique heads
in grisaille have been sold for very large sums. At a sale by public auction
in 1875 "A large double handled cup, saucer, and cover, with classic
medallion portraits painted in Indian ink on a maroon ground, with festoons
of laurel and rich gilding" sold for £y>. The companion cup and saucer
fetched £59. This pair was sold again by auction in the following year ,
for £lo.
At a sale by Messrs. Sotheby in 1871 the remains of a tea service made
for, and presented by Champion to Mrs. Burke realized extravagant sums.
The tea-pot sold for £190. Milk jug and cover £115. A chocolate cup
and saucer £90. A tea cup and saucer £"]o. The decoration consisted of
the arms of Burke flanked by two female figures, with a yellow diapered
and gilt border, to this was added a dedicatory inscription. These pieces
were historically interesting, otherwise they had no great artistic merit,
being inferior to Champion's finer productions. Bristol porcelain, with
very rare exceptions, is decorated in enamel on a white ground. Vases
with a good yellow ground covered with flowers in chocolate are sometimes
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Lot '
53 A desert service containing 41 pieces 7Z. 7s., ditto
54 Two very rich ice pails iZ. 16s. ' -
55 A. fine Dresden tea set, 46 pieces 12Z. is. 6d., Milliken
50 A matchless Dresden dejune 19Z. 8s. 6d., Hussey
5 7 Five historical ornamental pieces 2 1 1, Hunter*
57 A fine enamel'd festoon desert service, containing 15 com
potiers, with 18 plates. 11Z. os. 6d.
58 A fine enamel'd tea set, containing 31 pieces. 4Z., Ad.
Darby
59 Two fine enamel'd butter tubs and stands 17s. 6d,
60 Two green festoon ditto 17s. 6d.
6t Two ditto 17 s.
62 A fine enamel'd tea set, sprigs and gold, 32 pieces 3Z.
63 Twelve ditto pattern coffee cups, a sugar dish, and tea pot
iZ. 9s.
64 Six beautiful white and gold ice cups iZ. 16s.
65 Twelve very fine green husk coffee cups and saucers, and a
tea pot 2Z. ios.
66 A fine short blue tea set, 17 pieces iZ. 6s.
67 Three enamel'd basket border- caudle cups, covers and
stands, two sugar basons and covers faulty iZ. 18s.
68 A white and gold tea pot, slop bason, sugar dish and milk
pot 9s.
69 Ditto 8s.
70 Six very fine coffee cups, a slop bason, a tea pot, a stand
and milk pot 1 Z. 6s.
71 Five coffee cups, a slop bason, a sugar dish, a milk pot and
stand iZ. 3s.
72 Two large medallion iZ. 4s.
73 Two small ditto 9s. 6d.
74 Two large medallion iZ. 8s., Tass
75 Two smaller ditto 15 s.
76 Ten tea cups and saucers crimson band, a tea pot, sugar
dish and plate 3Z. 4s.
77 Six cups and eight saucers, a sugar dish, on butter tub
crimson band 2Z.
78 Five white and gold ice cups and stand iZ. 15s.
79 Two very fine round compotiers, two oval ditto, and a
basket iZ. 8s.
* It is not easy to understand what these "five historical ornamental
pieces" could be. From the considerable sum they fetched they must have
been objects of some importance ; they could hardly represent statuettes as
they were made in sets of four. There is an existing group of figures called
Venus and Adonis, in the possession of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, which
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Lot80 Two beautiful sugar dishes 17s.
81 Two ditto 14s.
82 Two ditto 7s. 6d.
83 Two crimson band ditto 7s. 6d.
84 A gold and wheatsheaf sugar dish and slop bason 8s. 6d.
85 Twelve fine colour'd coffee cups 8s. 6d.
,86 Six green ditto with a tea pot 8s.
87 Twelve fine colour'd ditto, two patterns 7s. 6d.
88 Ditto 5s.
89 Ditto 5s.
90 Four white and gold coffee cups, a tea pot and plate 5s.
9 1 A tea pot, four coffee cups, two chocolate cups, a cup and
saucers 7s.
92 One large medallion and two small ditto 15s.
93 Two small ditto 14s.
94 Two green festoon tea pots, a bason and plate 9s. 6d.
y5 A blue ribbon tea pot, a bason and plate 5s.
96 One ewer and bason 15 s.
97 Six crimson band breakfast cups and saucers, slop-bason,
sugar dish, milk ewer and a tea pot 2Z. 15 s.
98 Twelve white and gold cups and saucers iZ. us. 6d.
99 Two painted pitchers in Dresden flowers 19s.
100 Twelve French pattern coffee cups and saucers 12s.