Identifier: englishporcelain00chur_0 (find matches)
Title: English porcelain : a handbook to the china made in England during the eighteenth century as illustrated by specimens in the national collections
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Church, A. H. (Arthur Herbert), 1834-1915 South Kensington Museum
Subjects: Pottery, English
Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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the same piece. Theopen crescent is usually in blue under the glaze; some-^ times, but very rarely, in over-glaze red; a few examplesin gold are known; it is of various sizes. The solid orruled crescent is generally found upon pieces printed inblue under the glaze. A capital E is sometimes placed in the-»/n> hollow of the crescents. Of the W mark five or sixvarieties have been noted; they are in blue under-glaze,and are generally of fairly large size, though they arenot always so. The oriental fretted square is really acopy of a mark imitating a Chinese seal-character, andKf\f found on blue and white porcelain of good quality, butmade, it is thought, for the European market. Con-noisseurs are divided in opinion as to whether it is0 Chinese or Japanese. The Worcester copies includefour or five varieties, none of which are identical withthe original form; the two given in the margin arethose of commonest occurrence. Besides the above-named factory marks, the same value must be given
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Fig. 34—WORCESTER : BOWL OF TOBACCO PIPE. Schreiber Collection. WORCESTER. 53 to certain imitative Chinese marks made up of fouror six disguised numerals and letters ; also toimitative Dresden marks, such as the cross-swordswith the figure 9 or 91 between the points. The marks above described belong essentially to theoriginal Worcester fabrique from its beginning until theyear 1783, when the surviving members of the Company soldtheir property to a Mr. Flight, their London agent. The marksof the years 1783 to 1793 consisted of the name FLIGHTS, orFlight, or the latter surmounted by a crown. Afterwards, thenames or initials of the members of the firm subsequent to 1793were given, sometimes painted, and sometimes impressed in thepaste. Amongst these marks of the later period occur Flight &Barr, Flight Barr & Barr, BARR, FLIGHT & BARR, FBB,and BFB. These marks are occasionally surmounted by a regalcrown. The wares of the Messrs. Chamberlain (1786 to 1852) weremarked with the

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