It is that time of the month; you can now read my latest column in Homes & Antiques, called "Made in Chelsea". This month I am writing about the first well-organised large porcelain factory in Britain: Chelsea Porcelain, and how an ambitious and talented Walloon immigrant called Nicholas Sprimont shaped the beginnings of British porcelain.
One of the things I find fascinating in researching the journey of British porcelain is the rich mix of European and English styles, and also how born-and-bred Brits mixed their expertise with that of immigrants who brought knowledge and taste from Continental Europe. The Chelsea factory was a great example of this: foundational to what British porcelain would become, yet uniquely inspired by the great fashions in Germany and France. You can read more about it all in the magazine... and I will keep continuing my journey to discover 18th and 19th Century British porcelain month by month.