Fig. 641.—Willow Pattern.
Fig. 642.
Fig. 643.—Broseley Blue Dragon.
The copies, both in embossing, in body, in colour, and oiliness of the glaze, and in style of painting of birds and flowers, of the Dresden at this period were perfect, and, as the Dresden mark was (perhaps injudiciously) introduced as well, were capable of deceiving even the most knowing connoisseur. It may be well to note that at this period an impressed anchor was sometimes used. This must not be taken to be anything more than a workman’s mark. Very successful copies of the Sèvres and Chelsea have also been at one time or other produced, and on these the marks of those makers have been also copied. Collectors of “old Chelsea,” especially of the famous green examples, must be careful, therefore, not to take everything for granted as belonging to that place on which the gold anchor is found.
Fig. 644.
The egg-shell china produced at Coalport is much finer than any other which has come under my notice, from the fact that the body is pure porcelain, being composed of one stone and one clay alone, unmixed with bone or any other material whatever.