Two Derby-Chelsea Figures of children, carrying baskets of flowers, 6-1/2 in. high; and a figure of a child, with a wreath of flowers, 6 in. high. Christie, July 20, 1920 17 17 0 Pair of Derby-Chelsea Figures of a boy and girl with dog and cat, 8 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 12 12 0 Derby-Chelsea group of four children around an obelisk, 9-1/2 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 6 6 0 Derby-Chelsea Figure of a youth, seated with an eagle beside him, 9-1/2 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 10 10 0 Derby-Chelsea group of a shepherd and shepherdess, with a lamb and grapes, 8-1/2 in. high. Christie, July 5, 1920 11 11 0 Derby-Chelsea Figure of Milton on scroll base, 12-1/2 in. high. Puttick & Simpson, July 9, 1920 5 5 0 Derby-Chelsea group of the Continents, modelled by John Whitaker, 11-1/4 in. high. Puttick & Simpson, July 16, 1920 17 17 0 [Illustration: CHELSEA CHINA (1750-1760). Pair of groups of two figures. Harlequin dancing with a girl. Painted in delicate colours. (Height, 8-3/4 in. Mark, an anchor in red.)] III BOW [Illustration: BOW VASE, WITH COVER. (Finely decorated in colours.)] [Illustration: BOW INKSTAND (DIAMETER 4 IN.). “Made at New Canton, 1751.” _At the Victoria and Albert Museum._] III THE BOW CHINA FACTORY In this “Chat” we shall treat of the wonderful porcelain made at Bow, or “New Canton,” as the makers called their factory on the banks of the Lea. It was established about 1730, and it ceased about 1776. That is to say, it commenced with the reign of George II. and continued for a short time during the reign of George III. Pope was not dead, Fielding was writing his novels, Burke was electrifying the country with his genius, the great Doctor Johnson was in the midst of his Dictionary, David Garrick was holding the town in a spell by his art, and Sir Joshua Reynolds was, with his brush, perpetuating the beauties of his day, while Burns and Scott, Wordsworth and Coleridge, and Byron, Thackeray, and Dickens were then in the unborn future. [Illustration: BOW FIGURE (6 IN. HIGH). Woman playing _pastorella_. _At the Victoria and Albert Museum._]