Four creamware figures and three Chelsea-Derby gardeners, late…
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Four creamware figures and three Chelsea-Derby gardeners, late 18th century; Chelsea Derby figures 1782, unmarked but pattern 292, comprising two gentlemen in togas each carrying a chicken, a lad in a frock coat and black hat, also holding a chicken, and a woman in a yellow overdress; a pair of gardeners plus one other carrying wicker baskets before bocages and raised on shell and scroll bases, two encrusted with flowers; patch marks underside, height 14.5 cm, and smaller

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  • Creamware - Creamware, also known as "Queens Ware" is the

    cream-coloured English earthenware developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s.

    The invention of creamware was the result of experimentation in order to find a

    British substitute for imported Chinese porcelain, and the cream colour was

    considered a fault at the time. The lightweight fine white earthenware with a

    clean rich yellowish proved ideal for  tableware

    and decorative items during the 18th and 19th centuries and is still produced

    today.



    Creamware is made from a

    mixture of kaolin, feldspar, and ball clay, and is typically glazed before

    firing to give it its glossy finish. It was developed by British potters as a

    cheaper alternative to porcelain.



    At Wedgwood, Royal patronage

    boosted sales. In 1765 Queen Charlotte, the consort of King George III placed

    an order for a 12 place tea set and allowed Wedgwood to use the name

    "Queens Ware" for the line. In 1770 Wedgwood produced a creamware

    dinner service of 952 pieces supplied to Catherine II the Great of Russia.



    Other potteries such as

    Doulton, Neale & Co. and Spode produced smaller quantities of creamware.



    Creamware continued to be

    made throughout the 19th century and later.

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