Beautiful and rare Antique circa early 19th century Worcester, chamberlain period, Porcelain display plate. This unique piece features Japanese Imari-style decorations in a red-blue-gold palette. condition is very good considering the age. No damage, such as cracks or repairs. Some wear to decorations corresponding with their age. There is some staining on the underside of the base. Marked with the Worcester mark circa around 1800s and pattern number 240 (admiral Nelson pattern or “Fine Old Japan”).
Measures 8.5” in diameter.
In 1783, Robert Chamberlain (c.1736–98), head of the decorating department for Dr John Wall at Warmstry House, left the company to start his own porcelain decorating business in King Street, Worcester. At first, he bought blank, undecorated porcelain from other factories, such as Caughley in Shropshire, but by the late 1780, he was making his own wares at a new factory site in Severn Street, Diglis. The Chamberlain factory quickly established an enviable reputation for the production of finely painted porcelain.
Admiral Lord Nelson and his mistress Lady Hamilton visited Chamberlain’s factory in August 1802 and ordered an extravagant breakfast, dinner and dessert service in ‘Fine Old Japan’ pattern. Only the breakfast service was completed before the hero’s death at Trafalgar in 1805. Lady Hamilton purchased the service in 1806 for £120, 10 shillings and 6 pence.
Surviving factory records tell us about the wealthy customers who spent vast amounts of money on porcelain. Large services with elaborate decorations could take several years to produce. Everything was done by hand, and each item could be fired in the kiln up to ten times, each firing taking several days and putting the item at risk each time.
The Prince Regent awarded his Royal Warrant in 1807, and in 1811, a large book of designs was created for him to select a dessert service. He could not decide on one pattern and had every piece in his service decorated in a differen
...t design. It is believed that Chamberlain developed a special type of porcelain known as ‘Regent Body’ for this very important service.
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Antique Number: SA1062374
Dateline of this antique is 1800
Height is 3cm (1.2inches)Width is 21.5cm (8.5inches)Depth is 0cm (0.0inches)
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