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A Parisian woman getting dressed in the Chinese style. Our artist has turned three magots (grotesque porcelain figures) into makeup artists eager to transform a beautiful Parisienne into a Chinese
Great flowered Heath, Bright red Heath, Porcelain Heath, Solitude. Handcoloured lithograph by Dean and Munday after an illustration by Eliza Eve Gleadall from The Beauties of Flora
Octagonal nine-story porcelain tower in Nanjing (Nanking), China. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique
Chinese porcelain vases and teapots decorated with bamboo, cherry blossom, lizards, leaves and branches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Porcelain factory in China, Qing Dynasty. Workers painting dishes by hand while another brings more plates. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon
Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Chinese pottery firing, Qing DynastyChinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven
Chinese potter throwing a porcelain cup on a potters wheel, powered by an assistant. Another worker arranges cups on a board for the oven
Rogues in Porcelain by John Austen
Porcelain manufacturers 1848Moulding: The placing of the craull upon the mould; the ornament-moulder repareur or finisher. Date: 1848
Porcelain manufacturers 1840sMoulding operation. Date: Circa 1840s
Porcelain manufacturers 1843Workers carefully place seggars or saggars for firing in the biscuit kiln at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester. 1843
Advert for Maple & Co. lamps 1893Selection of wrought iron and polished brass extending floor lamps. Date: 1893
Manufacturing Sevres porcelainA very beautifully shot postcard photograph showing the colouring workshop (preparing the background colours) for Sevres porcelain, particularly the famous Sevres Blue - Sevres Factory, France
Boy Preparing to Bathe Date: 1950
Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1896 Advert for Oetzmann & CoSelection of late Victorian household items furniture. Date: 1896
Kaolin manufacture of ceramicsKaolin manufacture, near St. Austell in Cornwall, clay works with working water wheel. Date: 19th century
MEISSEN PORCELAINThe Market of Love - a characteristically kitschy example of porcelain work from Meissen, Germany - note that the cupid is held in mid-air - thats craftsmanship ! Date: 19th century
Porcelain Manufactory at WorcesterThe Porcelain Manufactory at Worcester
Worcester porcelain works. Date: 19th Century
Satire on the blue and white china craze, 1880The six mark tea-pot: satire on the mania for blue and white china. An aesthetic young lady examines a teapot and exclaims to her gentleman friend(who bears a remarkable likeness to Oscar Wilde)
Giant Russian VaseLarge vase in porcelain and a jasper vase, Imperial Factory, Russia (At Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace) Date: 1851
Potter artist, Stoke on TrentA skilled potter artist sits holding a plate in a Stoke on Trent pottery workshop. He painted by hand the gold rim around each plate. Pottery believed to be Minton, but unsure Date: 1986
Variety milk jug, undersideGlazed porcelain milk jug decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo, part of a tea set manufactured by Royal Worcester in 1876
Variety tea setGlazed porcelain teapot and lid decorated with the Variety pattern, a transfer-printed blue design including geometric motifs, fans and bamboo
PlateOne of three earthenware plates with a black and white transfer printed underglaze design in the centre and a zig-zag border around the rim, the pattern name is Pomona
Ewer made from porcelain, painted in gold and blue on a white ground with a coloured central reserve depicting a shepherdess holding a bird cage
Urn made from porcelain with a white ground, painted in gold and blue with a coloured central compartment of Maria, a lady seated at a tree with a dog by her side
Part of a garniture de cheminEwer made from porcelain, painted in gold and blue on a white ground with a coloured central reserve depicting a shepherdess holding a bird cage
VasePorcelain vase and cover with Imari-style underglaze blue and red floral and foliate decoration and overglaze gilding, the cover with a finial in the shape of a Chinese figure
Tea bowl, undersidePorcelain tea bowl with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China
Tea bowls and saucersPorcelain saucer with cobalt blue underglaze decoration of three figures and a pavilion, probably made in Jingdezhen, China
PlateGlazed porcelain plate with scalloped edges from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
TeacupGlazed porcelain tea cup from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose in the centre
Plate, teacup and saucer
Sugar potGlazed porcelain sugar pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Porcelain tea serviceGlazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Slop bowlGlazed porcelain slop bowl from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
TeapotGlazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Teacup and saucer
Slop bowl, milk jug, teapot and sugar potGlazed porcelain tea pot from a tea service, in the Dragon shape with a white ground decorated with a grey checked pattern, gilding, and a pink rose
Saucer, undersidePorcelain saucer decorated in underglaze blue with four petal-shaped panels each containing a seated elegant lady motif, with floral sprigs and a diaper rim
Tea servicePorcelain teapot and lid painted with underglaze blue decoration of two trees in blossom on the teapot, and lotus flowers on the lid, made in Jingdezhen, China, c.1750-1780. Date: c.1750-1780
Cream jug made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880
Tea cup made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880
Plate made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground, part of a tea service thought to date c.1880
Side plate made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground
Sugar bowl made from glazed hard-paste porcelain, decorated with a transfer-printed design of birds with cherry blossom and foliage on a turquoise ground