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Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory was a leading English producer of soft-paste porcelain in the mid-eighteenth century, known for tableware and ornamental vases decorated in polychrome enamels and gold. Its pieces from the 1760s reflect the Rococo taste for lively colour and playful figure subjects, as seen in examples such as The Music Lesson and a pair of vases. This collection holds three works from the manufactory, dating to 1762–1765, most of them soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gold, alongside a single undecorated soft-paste piece.

3 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory — Vase (one of a pair) (ca. 1762, Met-Objekt 6162)
Vase (one of a pair) (ca. 1762, Met-Objekt 6162)
ca. 1762 · Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory — Vase (one of a pair) (ca. 1762, Met-Objekt 6163)
Vase (one of a pair) (ca. 1762, Met-Objekt 6163)
ca. 1762 · Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory — The Music Lesson (ca. 1765)
The Music Lesson (ca. 1765)
ca. 1765 · Soft-paste porcelain