Plymouth porcelain
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Plymouth porcelain was the first English hard paste porcelain, made in the county of Devon from 1768 to 1770. After two years in Plymouth the factory moved to Bristol in 1770, where it operated until
"Europe", about 1770, from a set. Height 32.7 cm, V&A Museum.
Covered butter pot, c. 1770, William Cookworthy & Co., Bristol (or possibly Plymouth), England, hard-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels
Armorial mug, Plymouth
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Soft-paste porcelain
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Soft-paste porcelain is a type of ceramic material in pottery, usually accepted as a type of porcelain. It is weaker than "true" hard-paste porcelain, and does not require either its high firing tempe
Plymouth porcelain
…porcelain can refer either to this, the Cookworthy factory, or to "Lund's Bristol" or "Lund & Miller", an entirely different porcelain factory that made soft-paste porcelain in Bristol from 1750 until 1752, when it merged with the young Worcester porcelain (see there for more information), and moved there. The Plymouth…
Capodimonte porcelain soft-paste jar with three figures of Pulcinella from the commedia dell'arte, 1745–1750
Chelsea porcelain, England, about 1765. Soft-paste decorated in enamel colours with a gold anchor mark. V&A Museum no. 528-1902 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Saint-Cloud manufactory soft porcelain bowl, with blue decoration under glaze, 1700–1710
Saint-Cloud manufactory soft porcelain vase, with blue designs under glaze, 1695–1700