The Derby Porcelain Pattern Books

Item date: 1780 - 1810
(this is an approximate date)
Grant Value: 7,500
Item cost: 80,000
Item date acquired: 1998
Item institution: Derby Museums
Town/City: Derby
County: Derbyshire

A uniquely important group of designs for tablewares produced by the Derby Factory, containing nearly 400 designs for plates and nearly 750 designs for cups. The pattern books are highly significant in terms of Britains industrial and design history since no other large set of designs has survived from any other English 18th century porcelain factory. They are an essential source material for students of Derby porcelain.

Item Provenance
Acquired by the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, bought 1928 by Charles Dyson Perrins; bought from the DP Museum Trust
The Derby Porcelain Pattern Books. FNL grant 1998. Image courtesy of Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
The Derby Porcelain Pattern Books. FNL grant 1998. Image courtesy of Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
The Derby Porcelain Pattern Books. FNL grant 1998. Image courtesy of Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
The Derby Porcelain Pattern Books. FNL grant 1998. Image courtesy of Derby Museum and Art Gallery.