The legendary factory of collectible porcelain figurines, Royal Doulton, was originally engaged in the production of ceramic dishes and drains. The history of the manufactory
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Matthew Bolton Georgian style and the industrial revolution. Matthew Bolton, English industrialist in furniture and Josiah Wedgwood in ceramics. Biography Bolton was the son of
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The first masters who worked in this technique were Chinese ceramists. Europeans, trying to create similar ceramics, found their own method, which is called “Pâte-sur-pâte”
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Marc-Louis-Emmanuel Solon was born in 1835 in Montauban (France). Some of Solon’s works attracted the attention of the artistic director of the Sevres manufactory. Solon
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The art of cloisonné enamel dates back thousands of years, having first originated in ancient Egypt. It is believed that in Japan they began to
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Hannah Bolton Barlow (1851–1916) and Florence Elizabeth Barlow were artists who painted ceramics for Doulton & Co at the Lambeth Art Ceramics Studio. Usually several
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Eliza Simmans joined Doulton & Co, a ceramics company in Lambeth, a suburb of London, in 1873. Her creative career in the company was unusually
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Franz Bischoff (1864-1929) received his artistic education in Vienna and then in Dresden, studying the art of Chinese painting. In 1883 he emigrated to the
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Precious Agate bowls in the collections of museums around the world
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Jules Barbet, one of the leading gilders and glass enamellers of the late 19th century, was born in Paris in 1847, where he later trained
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