Figure of Mrs. Catherine Macaulay
Chelsea Factory
ca. 1775
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
H. 13 in. (33 cm)
Classification
Figure
Culture
British
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1944
Accession Number
44.89.1
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Chelsea Factory · 1742–1784
**Chelsea Porcelain Factory (c. 1743–1784)** was one of the pioneering porcelain manufactories in England, producing some of the most refined and ambitious soft-paste porcelain of the eighteenth century. Established in Chelsea, London, around 1743–1745 by Charles Gouyn and the Huguenot silversmith Nicholas Sprimont, the factory quickly became known for its technical innovation and artistic sophist...