Chelsea Porcelain | Appraisals And Valuations Online

Jamie Murray

Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended

Bill Mitchell

Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.

Charles winter

The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.

Graeme hatton

An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.

Lorna Hamilton

Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.

Richard Foster

The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.

Xiu Yun Chen

This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.

Laura

Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.

Ruth Lawrence

The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.

The Chelsea porcelain factory was one of the earliest and most important porcelain factories in England. It was founded sometime between 1743 and 1745 by two Frenchman, Charles Gouyn and Nicholas Sprimont. Gouyn was a goldsmith, while Sprimont had been a silversmith before starting the factory. The two remained joint owners of the factory until Gouyn’s retirement in 1749, when Sprimont became sole owner. When the company started production, they intended to cater for the aristocracy with their soft-paste porcelain. Sprimont’s time as a silversmith heavily influenced much of the company’s early porcelain designs.

Factory

Early on the company was well known for its tableware, which was being produced in large quantities by 1750. Much of the early designs relied heavily on Meissen porcelain and silver for its inspiration. However, this changed quickly and by 1760 the company had gotten a reputation for its figurines, which drew their inspiration more from Sevres porcelain than Meissen porcelain. This change was made in part to better appeal to the rich aristocracy that Sprimont wished to attract. By 1770 the Chelsea porcelain factory had been purchased by William Duesbury, already well known for Derby porcelain, and he ran it until it was demolished in 1784.

Porcelain

During the company’s early years, from around 1743 to 1749, the company was mostly making white tableware with design heavily influenced by Sprimont’s silversmith background. Pieces from this period are marked with an incised triangle, making them easy to distinguish. Around 1749 the company changed their soft-paste and glaze in order to make a surface that was slightly opaque and better to paint on. During this period Chelsea porcelain also started to become known for its figures and design influences moved away from silver and towards Meissen. Sometime around this period the company also changed their mark twice, first from the incised triangle to an anchor, and then again to a red anchor.

From around 1756, with French tastes starting to become extremely popular, the company began manufacturing pieces which were heavily influenced by the French Sevres porcelain company. Once again Chelsea porcelain changed their mark, this time to a gold anchor. There are a number of forgeries from this period, as the gold mark proved easy to fake without a need to try and copy the glaze. From the purchase of the factory by Duesbury in 1770, Chelsea and Derby porcelain became more or less indistinguishable. Duesbury changed the mark into a hybrid version of the two already being used by the companies. Pieces were now marked with a combination of the Derby ‘D’ and the Chelsea anchor.