Chelsea ceramics had a more whimsical edge, and nature was a dominant theme. For instance, plates were often painted with lifelike fruit and flower designs, reflecting the 18th-century interest in ...

Most pieces date back to the 18th-century Qing Dynasty, as the three Qing emperors were avid collectors of antique ceramics and commissioned many historic pottery styles and glazes to be recreated ...

In the beginning of the 18th century, the factory was run by two china manufacturing specialists ... Their first guild was founded here in the beginning of the 16th century, with the goal of evolving ...

For instance, a study on 18th-century Chinese export porcelain utilized ... the production processes and the trade routes of these ceramics, as well as the technological advancements in glazing ...