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Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Chelsea porcelain is the porcelain made by the Chelsea porcelain manufactory, the first important porcelain manufactory in England, established around 1743–45, and operating independently until 1770, when it was merged with Derby porcelain.  It made soft-paste porcelain throughout its history, though there were several changes in the "body" material and glaze used.  Its wares were aimed at a luxury market, and its site in Chelsea, London, was close to the fashionable Ranelagh Gardens pleasure ground, opened in 1742.The first known wares are the "goat and bee" cream jugs with seated goats at the base, some examples of which are incised with "Chelsea", "1745" and a triangle. The entrepreneurial director, at least from 1750, was Nicholas Sprimont, a Huguenot silversmith in Soho, but few private documents survive to aid a picture of the factory's history. Early tablewares, being produced in profusion by 1750, depend on Meissen porcelain models and on silverware prototypes, such as salt cellars in the form of realistic shells. Chelsea was known for its figures, initially mostly single standing figures of the Cries of London and other subjects. Many of these were very small by European standards, from about 21⁄2 to 31⁄2 inches (6 to 9 cm) high, overlapping with the category of "Chelsea Toys", for which the factory was famous in the 1750s and 1760s.  These were very small pieces which often had metal mounts and were functional as bonbonnières (little boxes), scent bottles, needlecases, étuis, thimbles and small seals, many with inscriptions in French, "almost invariably amorous suggestions", but often misspelled.From about 1760, its inspiration was drawn more from Sèvres porcelain than Meissen, making grand garnitures of vases and elaborate large groups with seated couples in front of a bocage screen of flowering plants, all on a raised base of Rococo scrollwork.  As with other English factories, much of the sales came from public auctions, held about once a year; copies of the catalogues for 1755, 1756 and (in part) 1761 are very useful to scholars. In 1770, the manufactory was purchased by William Duesbury, owner of the Derby porcelain factory, and the wares are indistinguishable during the "Chelsea-Derby period" that lasted until 1784, when the Chelsea factory was demolished and its moulds, patterns and many of its workmen and artists transferred to Derby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_porcelain_factory

Saucer

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Saucer
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1902

Plate

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Plate
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1902

Vase with cover

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Vase with cover
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1914

Vase (one of a pair)

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Vase (one of a pair)
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1914

Toilet bottle (one of a pair)

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Toilet bottle (one of a pair)
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1914

Toilet bottle (one of a pair)

British, 1744–1784 / The Met

   title: Toilet bottle (one of a pair)
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1914

Vase

British, 1745–1784, Red Anchor Period, ca. 1753–58 / The Met

   title: Vase
   department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
   accessionYear: 1902

Vase with cover

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jost_Amman Marcus Curtius    title: Marcus Curtius    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 2002 Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    title: Entry of Maximilian II into Nuremberg, June 7, 1570    department: Drawings and Prints    accessionYear: 1953 Triumph of Christian Faith    ti
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Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Winslow Homer Artworks collected in Metmuseum

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Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu Artworks collected in Metmuseum

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese: 奥村 政信; 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijin-ga ("pictures of beautiful women"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okumura_Masanobu Yaoya O Shichi Standing, Holding a Love Letter and a Battledo
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