Pot-Pourri, c.1800-1810
At the end of the 18th century, exuberant Rococo forms were supplanted by the more sober contours of the Neo-classical style. The new fashion is clearly reflected in the elegant yet simple body of this pot-pourri decorated with fine seascapes by George Robertson (1777-1833). On the base there is an inscription: “Before the Wind Forming the Line”. Robertson worked at Derby from 1797, and was one of the finest landscape and marine painters on ceramics. About 40 watercolours by Robertson are preserved at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
Image from: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
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Derby Porcelain in the 18th and early 19th centuries
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Pastoral Group, c.1770
Candelabrum, c. 1755-60
The Four Quarters (Continents), c.1775
Tithe Pig Group, c.1765-70
The “Welsh” Tailor, c.1770
James Quin as Falstaff, c. 1825
Edmund Kean as Richard III, c.1815
Virgins Awakening Cupid, c.1780
Frill Vase and Cover, c.1760
Blue & White Table Centre in two parts, c.1760
Ice Pail, c.1796-1800
Pot-Pourri, c.1800-1810
William Pegg’s Thistle Dish, c.1800
Dish, c.1800
Dessert Plate, c.1813-1820
William Billingsley’s Prentice Plate, 1790-1795
Dessert Dish, c.1790
A Dessert Plate from the Trotter Service, c.1825
Dessert Plate (Imari)
Coffee Can, c.1793-4
Teapot, c.1795
Teapot, c.1795
Chocolate Mug with Cover, c.1800
