Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Conclusion

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Conclusion

Conclusion Recent research on the 208-piece Qianlong-period porcelain dinner service brought to England by Commodore George, later Lord Anson (1697-1762) in 1744 and now housed…

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Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Using the service

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Using the service

Using the service Armorial services did not simply contain dining wares. These elaborate ensembles often contained dining, decorative and tea table wares. While dining wares…

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Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Designing the service

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Designing the service

Designing the service It was not only a question of the spaces and systems through which individuals purchased ceramics, of course, but also what they…

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Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Acquisition

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Acquisition

Acquisition How did Francis Sykes originally acquire this service and how did those modes of acquisition mark these objects out as distinctly different from more…

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Armorial Porcelain Case Study: The Basildon Park Service

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: The Basildon Park Service

The Basildon Park Service This study will probe these themes by focusing on a single service, which belonged to Francis Sykes in the late eighteenth…

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Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Women, porcelain and pleasure

Armorial Porcelain Case Study: Women, porcelain and pleasure

Women, porcelain and pleasure During the eighteenth century porcelain remained synonymous with women. As Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace argues, throughout the period, a variety of authors wrote…

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The Willow Pattern Case Study: Conclusion and bibliography

The Willow Pattern Case Study: Conclusion and bibliography

Conclusion This case study explored a type of ware, created in terms of material and design, as a result of Britain’s trade with China through…

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The Willow Pattern Case Study: Inventories

The Willow Pattern Case Study: Inventories

Inventories Within the collections of The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester I found four different inventories for the nineteenth and early twentieth…

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The Willow Pattern Case Study: Visit to Dunham Massey

The Willow Pattern Case Study: Visit to Dunham Massey

Visit to Dunham Massey After completing preliminary research on Dunham Massey’s ceramic collection, I visited to the house on 10 September 2013. I must admit…

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