Description
The woman is 8 7/8" tall, the man is 8.5" tall. Tag on the base indicating they<br>were part of the "Burnap Collection" Chelsea, 1770. I believe they're from the<br>crossover period right around the time the firm changed hands in 1769. They have<br>the Patch marks on the base. I believe these are a fairly uncommon subject<br>matter. Guaranteed 18th century.<br><br>There is much damage to the applied Florals on both pieces. I believe there is a<br>very old professional restoration to his hat and her arm.<br><br>The pair is very heavy, 3.25 pounds.<br><br>The Chelsea porcelain manufactory (established around 1743-45) is the first<br>important porcelainmanufactory in England;[1] its earliest soft-paste porcelain,<br>aimed at the aristocratic market—cream jugs in the form of two seated goats—are<br>dated 1745. The entrepreneurial director was Nicholas Sprimont, a silversmith by<br>trade, but few documents survive to aid a picture of the manufactory's history.<br>Early tablewares, being produced in profusion by 1750, depend on Meissen<br>porcelain models and on silver prototypes, such as salt cellars in the form of<br>realistic shells.<br><br>Chelsea was known for its figures. From about 1760 its inspiration was drawn<br>more from Sèvres porcelainthan Meissen.<br><br>In 1769 the manufactory was purchased by William Duesbury, owner of the Derby<br>porcelain factory, and the wares are indistinguishable during the "Chelsea-Derby<br>period" that lasted until 1784, when the Chelsea factory was demolished and its<br>moulds, patterns and many of its workmen and artists transferred to Derby.
