Chelsea Porcelain Marks

Chelsea Porcelain Marks including the triangle period, the red anchor period and the gold anchor period.

Well before the Derby Porcelain acquisition Chelsea's reputation for quality products had been envied the world over and a great many rival companies sought to capitalise on that reputation by marking their own wares with a mark similar to the Chelsea anchor mark.

The chelsea porcelain marks and particularly the anchor mark were copied by many other manufacturers. The companies included contintental and british manufacturers such as longton, bow, derby and cologne, koppelsdorf and paris.

Chelsea Porcelain marks.
Triangle Period (1743-1749)
Raised anchor period (1749-1752)
Red anchor period (1752-1756)
Gold Anchor period (1756-1769)

Table: CP.i - Chelsea Porcelain Marks

Imitation Chelsea Anchor Marks.
Boulogne 1857-1859	Gorodnitza 1856-1870	Cologne 1800-1900
Koppelsdorf 1885-1910	Bow Porcelain 1760-1775	Longton 1901-1918
Longton 1897-1901	Longport 1794-1805	Derby 1775-1800
Mayerhöfen 1890-1898	Paris from 1876	Samson 1873-1920
Venice 1764-1812	Porsgrunn from 1887	Sceaux 1763-1772

Table: CP.ii - Imitation Chelsea Porcelain Marks