Chelsea Pottery (London)

Good stuff  

Btw, was there any link between Chelsea Pottery and Guernsey Pottery? Some items seem to have similar glaze and decoration.

 

 

i've liked it... interesting signature...
looked through the whole thread and think it might be "AD" for Audrey Durnan?
  
it's very hard to find british pottery here in germany...
just tons of ugly wgp
(most of it that ugly that not even the brits would buy it)  

Wish we had a better list of signatures, like the Aldermaston one. I like that one styleinvasion. Is it thin and lightly thrown?

The Naomi cover piece that AJD01 say is by JM is the same as my candlesticks. Very similar style and glazes.

yes it's very thin and lightly thrown

Someone delighted in throwing those dishes wafer thin, I have some. Was it Joyce? Certainly and experienced thrower. I don't know how Chelsea worked - did someone churn out blanks and others decorate?

I couldn't resist the face on this golfer,I'm sure I've met this guy in the flesh !

Whilst this dish is not marked on the back, i feel fairly confident putting it straight here instead of the 'id' thread.  Mods, please move if you feel necessary.

Haven't got a clue to the artist or even what animal this is!  

looks like a very unusual design I seem to remember the cat (leopardus) is from South America

but with a wolf face   

I took an image of the large dish below on my phone some time ago, saying that I would see if I could find out the artist who decorated it.

Joyce Morgan I think

Pip wrote:A few pieces of Chelsea Pottery I've owned (all by my favourite Chelsea paintress, Joyce Morgan).

the owl plate has a similar monogram

Thanks for that and it looks similar - now all I have to do is remember who owns the fish dish.  

Any ideas please on this bowl,marked Chelsea UK and signed on front mT. Is this actually Chelsea Pottery? and does anybody recognise initials, thanks


 


   

Yes it is Chelsea, but MT doesn't tally with anyone on the list of decorators I have.
I think there are quite a few unrecorded ones.

22 Crawford St. wrote:Someone delighted in throwing those dishes wafer thin, I have some. Was it Joyce? Certainly and experienced thrower. I don't know how Chelsea worked - did someone churn out blanks and others decorate?

I have an example of the real "Wafer-thin" pottery, you can actually bend it, honestly! well you could until I broke it!
A very light, delicate piece, incised "Chelsea pottery" with the ying & yang mark. Foil label says "Made in England"
I've never seen another anything like it. Unsigned, 12 in diameter.



 

Owl pin dish. Joyce Morgan's monogram where the flash reflects off the glaze.

Another Chelsea dish, signed JB which I believe to be Jane Blackburne

     

vanmann- MT is Margaret Tomlins and JB is Jane Francisca Blackburne

thanks Wendy, can you add any more names to our list?

What is your list so far? is the latest one the one above?

yes I just update it as we get new info

I have a chart but I need to alpha order it - will do it and email it to you

Anyone who wants my latest list of decorators/modelmakers from Chelsea can message me an email address on my Facebook Group for ID'ing studio pottery and I will send it to them

https://www.facebook.com/groups/230104693676065/?fref=ts