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Nicholas Crisp

Also known as: Nicholas Crisp; primary name: Crisp, Nicholas
Details: individual; manufacturer/factory; British; Male
Life dates: 1704-1774
Biography: Porcelain manufacturer; worked at Vauxhall, London and Bovey Traecy, Devon, at Indio; initially a jeweller. In 1761 Crisp and his business partner, John Saunders, took out a soapstone licence and by 1753 were producing porcelain at Vauxhall. When the factory went bankrupt in 1764, Crisp moved to Bovey Tracey. The earliest evidence for porcelain production there dates from 1767. Crisp was bankrupt again in 1768. He died at Indio in 1774.
Bibliography: Roger Massy, 'Nicholas Crisp at Bovey Tracey', Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, vol. 18, part 2 (2002), pp. 96-113

19 related objects

bowl

Museum number: OA.10487 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

candlestick

Museum number: 1938,0314.6.CR |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

candlestick

Museum number: 1938,0314.7.CR |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

coffee-cup

Museum number: 1945,1202.4 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

coffee-cup

Museum number: 1945,1202.2 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

coffee-cup

Museum number: 1945,1202.3 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

coffee-cup

Museum number: 1933,1213.1.CR |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Lowestoft

coffee-pot

Museum number: 1970,0503.1 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1959,1102.104 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1959,1102.105 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1940,1101.45 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1981,0101.393 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Made in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1959,1102.103 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

figure

Museum number: 1887,0307,IV.7 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

sauce-boat

Museum number: 1938,0314.68.CR |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

tea-bowl

Museum number: OA.10504 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

teapot

Museum number: 1945,1202.1 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

teapot

Museum number: 1959,1102.158 |
Producer name: Factory of:Nicholas CrispFactory of:John Saunders |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall

vase

Museum number: 1981,0101.365 |
Producer name: BIOG197624 Factory of:Nicholas Crisp |
Production date: 1751-1763 |
Production place: Factory in:Vauxhall