The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Two other marks, the one a _D_ surmounted by a crown, and the other
an anchor, similarly surmounted, are said to have denoted respectively
the articles made at this period at Derby and at Chelsea (Figs. 59 to
63). Now and then the first of these is met with in connection with the
anchor (Fig. 63).
[Illustration: Figs. 62 to 67.]
The most usual mark is that of the letter D, with crossed swords, dots,
and crown, of which several varieties occur. Sometimes the initial is
the writing letter _D_, and sometimes a Roman capital D, and the
crown also varies according to the caprice of the painter. Figs. 64 to
67 show some of the varieties.
[Illustration: Fig. 68.]
A variety of this, in which a _D_ and a _K_ are conjoined, denotes the
period when the works, in their later days, were carried on by Duesbury
and Kean. It was, however, only very sparsely used. For some years, at
all events up to about 1825 or 1830, Mr. Bloor continued to use the
old mark of the Duesburys--the crown, cross daggers with dots, and D
beneath--but about that period discontinued it, and adopted instead a
mark with his own name (Fig. 68). It is well to note, that down to the
discontinuance of the old mark, it had invariably been done with the
pencil, _by hand_, but that those adopted by Mr. Bloor were _printed_
ones. The first printed mark I believe to be Fig. 69, and somewhat
later the same was used, but slightly larger in size (Fig. 71). Other
marks are shown on the engravings. Figs. 74 and 75 have an old English
[Illustration: D] surmounted by a crown; another (Fig. 76) a crown,
with a riband bearing the word DERBY in Roman capitals beneath it.
[Illustration: Figs. 69 to 73.]
[Illustration: Figs. 74 to 78.]
Other marks, said to have been for one purpose or other--of course as
imitations--used at Derby, are the following:--
[Illustration: Figs. 79 to 84.]
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