Chelsea-Derby cake dish

English porcelain plate of chelsea-derby* with rich decoration of colorful birds (wader) among insects and lush vegetation, marli decorated with floral garlands and gilding, signed by the manufacture and a blue anchor, nineteenth century. This plate is in very good condition. It is signed below. * chelsea porcelain was made from 1745 to 1784 in a factory built by the flemish nicholas sprimont, associated with the jeweler charles gouyn. The factory produced only soft porcelain. This porcelain production was late compared to what was done at the time in continental europe but chelsea was the first major porcelain factory in the united kingdom. The factory was bought in 1769 by william duesbury, owner of the derby factory. The production of this period, in neoclassical style, cannot be distinguished from the production of derby. It is named chelsea-derby porcelain.

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