At Truro College
This lecture will look at the early experiments into porcelain making in England in the middle years of the eighteenth century; concentrating on the Chelsea, Bow, Derby and Worcester factories. It will examine the different pastes developed in an attempt to achieve both whiteness and strength, consider the influence of both silver and continental porcelain on shapes and decoration, and look back at Chinese and Japanese export wares as a source of inspiration. In addition, it will show the ways in which porcelain was both displayed and used and discuss the fashion for porcelain figures.
Jane trained at the Victoria and Albert Museum and went on to become a Research Assistant and Lecturer in the V&A Education Department. In 1987 she was invited to join Sotheby’s Institute as tutor of 17th and 18th Century Decorative Art, going on to become a Senior Lecturer and a Deputy Director of Sotheby’s U.K.; and she continues to lecture for both organisations. Her areas of speciality are early European Ceramics and Glass and Eighteenth Century European Design. She has also lectured for the University of London, Michigan State University, the National Trust, the National Art Collections Fund, the Wallace Collection, for Crystal Cruise Lines and at antiques fairs and interior design shows in America.