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The Pilkington Collection of Caughley and Coalport Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Factory, Caughley Porcelain Manufactory, 1750–1926

Coalport China Museum, Telford

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.

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Title of artwork, date

The Pilkington Collection of Caughley and Coalport Porcelain, 1750–1926

Date supported

1980

Medium and material

Pottery

Grant

2260

Total cost

17175

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