pattern-book

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Object Type
Museum number: 1936,0715.141.CR
Description: Pattern book from the Derby factory, believed to have come from Rockingham, containing watercolour drawings.
Production place: Made in: Derby (Derbyshire) (?)
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Curator's comments: Modern research opinion does not support the Rockingham origin of this pattern-book, but no attribution has yet been made. The book was examined by Angela Cox on 11/10/03 who has declared that the patterns are not for Rockingham wares, see bibliography.
Bibliographic references: Dawson 1988b / The F. Howard Paget Collection in the British Museum (15); Dawson 1991 / A Derby Pattern-Book in the British Museum (73-8); Cox & Cox 2004 / A "Rockingham" Pattern Book and Copper Plate in the F. Howard Paget Collection at the British Museum (11-14)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Derby Porcelain Factory; Associated with: Brameld & Co (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1936
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1936,0715.141.CR

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