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Chelsea Pottery (London)
by Pip February 8th 2008, 11:36 am
The Chelsea Pottery was established in 1952 by David and Mary Rawnsley in Radnor Walk, London SW3. More information about the history of the pottery can be found by clicking the link below:-
http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=52
http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=52
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by Pip February 22nd 2008, 10:18 am
A few pieces of Chelsea Pottery I've owned (all by my favourite Chelsea paintress, Joyce Morgan).
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman July 23rd 2008, 3:03 pm
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman August 27th 2008, 2:09 pm
I got this bowl today,the foot has a hole in it for wall mounting and someone has cleverly put an eyed split pin through that hole. I have screwed a hook into the underside of a shelf and hung the bowl which allows lots of movement the light then catches the colours in lots of different ways plus it also gives the illusion that the butterfly is airborne.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman September 11th 2008, 4:12 pm
A lovely 12cm pin dish
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Barbera Ross bowl
by dantheman January 29th 2009, 2:47 pm
my latest Chelsea bowl
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman February 6th 2009, 5:00 pm
DAUMIER STYLE HAND MADE MODELS WERE CREATED BY FRANK PINDLE AND JOY HINDERMARSH
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by gareth-h May 24th 2009, 2:59 pm
Chelsea pottery dish about 17cm from a garage sale. Anybody ID the artist (JL maybe?).
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by Pip June 6th 2009, 11:32 pm
Sorry, I'm afraid I don't know that much about the various painters other than Joyce Morgan - she's my favourite.
Here is the first piece of Joyce Morgan/Chelsea we ever bought - a few years ago now, it was £1.50 in a charity shop (serious bargain!) we knew nothing about Chelsea at the time but liked the funky cat. This sparked our interest. The cat & animal designs are amongst the most sought after.
Here is the first piece of Joyce Morgan/Chelsea we ever bought - a few years ago now, it was £1.50 in a charity shop (serious bargain!) we knew nothing about Chelsea at the time but liked the funky cat. This sparked our interest. The cat & animal designs are amongst the most sought after.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman June 12th 2009, 4:22 pm
21cm sweet bowl,standing on 3 legs with an impressed Chelsea pottery stamp on the back,I'm guessing the decorator's initials are DA?
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman June 17th 2009, 12:47 pm
and another Joyce Morgan piece,she seems to catch my eye more than any of the other decorators.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman August 26th 2009, 3:16 pm
That Joyce Morgan has done it again, the quality of her decoration just begs me to bid
(I'm very glad I did!)
(I'm very glad I did!)
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by Pip August 27th 2009, 2:46 pm
Chelsea Pottery was established in Radnor Walk, London SW3 in 1952 by David Rawnsley and his wife Mary. It was run like a club where any potter could work and study pottery for an annual sub of 5 guineas and an hourly fee of sixpence plus a further sixpence for a pound of clay. Joyce Morgan was the main instructor at their evening classes for amateurs and her work is amongst the most sought after by collectors - she was originally working as a fabric designer in Paris when she met David.
In 1959 the Rawnsleys left London and set up another pottery in the Bahamas – Joyce joined them there but didn’t like the climate and came back to London after just 5 months. She returned to Radnor Walk and helped Brian Hubbard run Chelsea Pottery for nearly 40 years more with various other potters and modelers.
They had a rich and famous clientele consisting of various leading actors and musicians and were hugely successful for many years. Brian met The Beatles in a TV studio in the early 1960s and stayed in contact with Paul McCartney who commissioned Chelsea to make Christmas mugs for him for many years afterwards.
The pottery moved to Ebury Mews in 1994 but sadly a combination of a poor dollar/sterling exchange rate, their 3 year lease coming to an end and huge rents and rates forced it to close in 1997.
In 1959 the Rawnsleys left London and set up another pottery in the Bahamas – Joyce joined them there but didn’t like the climate and came back to London after just 5 months. She returned to Radnor Walk and helped Brian Hubbard run Chelsea Pottery for nearly 40 years more with various other potters and modelers.
They had a rich and famous clientele consisting of various leading actors and musicians and were hugely successful for many years. Brian met The Beatles in a TV studio in the early 1960s and stayed in contact with Paul McCartney who commissioned Chelsea to make Christmas mugs for him for many years afterwards.
The pottery moved to Ebury Mews in 1994 but sadly a combination of a poor dollar/sterling exchange rate, their 3 year lease coming to an end and huge rents and rates forced it to close in 1997.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman August 27th 2009, 2:54 pm
so many of the Chelsea pieces sold today would have been made by amateurs?
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by Pip August 27th 2009, 3:04 pm
dantheman wrote:so many of the Chelsea pieces sold today would have been made by amateurs?
Some of the early pieces yes - and this is probably the reason why we don't have more of an idea of the painters & their respective monograms from that early period. However, production from the last 40 odd years where Joyce ran the pottery with Brian Hubbard I would have thought was run much more conventionally with pro potters and painters.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman August 27th 2009, 3:54 pm
how can you tell when a piece was made? Were the early pieces marked differently to the later production?
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman September 9th 2009, 1:25 pm
Lidded pot decorated by Joyce Morgan
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Barbera Ross
by dantheman September 14th 2009, 8:40 pm
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman September 19th 2009, 7:36 pm
I discovered today that the J V monogram that appears on some pieces of Chelsea pottery is that of John Virando
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman September 19th 2009, 7:54 pm
I would like to compile a list of Chelsea monograms and who they belong to,if anyone has info please post it on this thread
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by carelsa September 21st 2009, 10:27 pm
This is a chelsea pottery mug/ tankard I have on ebay at the moment with a JV mark that I believe to be by John Virando
I now know the signature belongs to Karen Wood
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman January 5th 2010, 4:19 pm
Joyce Morgan bowl,decorated with sunface design
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by bistoboy January 6th 2010, 2:41 pm
painters mark looks like a BD to me, don't know who that is.
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Re: Chelsea Pottery (London)
by dantheman June 9th 2010, 6:20 pm
cockerel plaque by Joyce Morgan
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