The Pilkington Collection of Caughley and Coalport Porcelain

Caughley Porcelain Manufactory (active 1772 - 1799)

Coalport China Museum

1750 - 1926

Over 60 items from a collection of over 550 pieces previously on loan to Ironbridge and exhibited at the Coalport China Works Museum. The collectin illustrates the development of the local ceramics industry from the establishment of the Caughley Factory, the founding of Coalport and its absorption of Caughley, to the closure of Coalport and its removal to Stoke-on-Trent.

• Artists Include:
• Coalport Porcelain Factory

• Medium: pottery
• Art Fund Grant: £2260 ( Total: £17,175)
• ArtFunded in: 1980
• Vendor: Christopher Pilkington

Provenance

Pilkington Collection which was previously on loan to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and exhibited at the Coalport China Works Museum

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