Richard Chaffers
Richard Chaffers (1731 – 8 December 1765)[1][2] was a pottery manufacturer in Liverpool, England.
Life
[edit | edit source]
Chaffers, son of a shipwright in Liverpool, started in business at Shaw's Brow in 1752. He produced blue and white porcelain, mainly for export to the American colonies.[1][2]
In 1755 Robert Podmore, a potter from the porcelain factory in Worcester, showed him and his business partner Philip Christian how to make porcelain using soapstone, discovered in Mullion Cove in Cornwall; Chaffers subsequently became a rival to Josiah Wedgwood.[1][2] Many pieces from the factory have transfer printing by John Sadler.[3]
Chaffers died in 1765, and was buried at the Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool.[1] Philip Christian continued the business until 1778, trading as Philip Christian & Co, and later as Philip Christian and Son.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]
- ^ a b c d Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d Richard Chaffers & Co (Biographical details) The British Museum. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ Richard Chaffers & Co. (maker) Printed British Pottery and Porcelain. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).