Chelsea Pottery (London)

Chelsea UK

this snail,butterfly,strawberry plant design is very unusual,the quality is much better than any other Chelsea pottery I have experienced, I just wish we has a Chelsea expert on the forum as the more I see the more questions I have

this is my favorite piece from the estate of Joyce Morgan,the firing damage pales into insignificance when you look at the mad expression on the face of this bird.
I love the way this piece was constructed,the tail feathers look like Shojigami work! This surely was a labour of love

(Hopefully) My first piece of Chelsea.
No stamp, but looks right to me (what do I know ).
I'm guessing no one else spotted it, as mine was the only bid so I got it £20, which I'm happy with and certainly less than you usually see them for.

Yeh, I also think he's great.
I guess I may have just got lucky. Because he isn't marked, he wasn't listed as Chelsea, so perhaps the Chelsea buyers never spotted him ? I was certainly surprised he never had any bids. I'm also being refunded a little on the postage as was charged 1st class recorded, but it was sent 2nd class.
So total cost just over £23

Out of interest, I stuck a pencil up his hole , he is hollow to the top of his head, which makes me even more surprised at the weight.

Celtic_Fan wrote:Yeh, I also think he's great.
I guess I may have just got lucky. Because he isn't marked, he wasn't listed as Chelsea, so perhaps the Chelsea buyers never spotted him ? I was certainly surprised he never had any bids. I'm also being refunded a little on the postage as was charged 1st class recorded, but it was sent 2nd class.
So total cost just over £23

Out of interest, I stuck a pencil up his hole , he is hollow to the top of his head, which makes me even more surprised at the weight.

don't be surprised if someone asks to use that as a signature

r.e. Dantheman's comment- I am actually "the guy" who 'runs' Cheddington Studio Pottery which is actually my personal studio pottery collection (I am a woman actually) celtic_fan, your model is absolutely right in every way and is definitely genuine.
Sadly Joyce died relatively recently after a number of years in a nursing home.
There were LOTS of students and amateurs who decorated at Chelsea over the years, some good, some bad so the quality of the decorating varies wildly. There were about 10 really good decorators over the years and lots of rather poor ones. Hope this helps.

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Welcome to the forum,I hope you will stick around and add to the info?

I am not offended Dan -a man could have a husband and son and could be called Wendy but it would be a bit unlikely Will be around as much as I can- the areas I know something about are Wenford Bridge and Chelsea but my sister-in-law knows more than me about both as she worked there

great news!
Your input will be a huge boost to our knowledge base,I hope you find the forum interesting

Dan- your blue lady is by Barbara Ross, one of the very first Chelsea decorators. Will work though some of the others as I know most of the main decorators

carelsa- your "JV" mark isn't. It is KW- Karen Wood FCPA

Pip- You are right. There are no books on Chelsea- have tried to persuade my sister-in-law to write something but although she was there for a long time and Joyce rated her as one of her best decorators, she says she can't remember enough to write about as it was too long ago!

carelsa wrote:
This is a chelsea pottery mug/ tankard I have on ebay at the moment with a JV mark that I believe to be by John Virando

Karen Wood

bistoboy and big Ed have two more Karen Woods

Dan- does your lovely insect mug have an insect on it anywhere with letters inside its body?

I seem to remember one yes but I need to dig it out of the cupboard...why do you ask?

Patience Ifill signed inside insects

I assume this is the signature?

dantheman wrote:I assume this is the signature?

YL- Yannick le Troadec

(I don't know all the decorators by the way- just most of the good ones- there were lots that only stayed very briefly and no-one remembers who they are)

thanks again Yannick's brushwork has impressed me the most (so far)

JB is the best- but I am biased

your sister?

in law