John Rose
English potter
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production of Coalport porcelain
- In Coalport porcelain
…in Shropshire, England, founded by John Rose in 1795. “Coalbrookdale Porcelain” was used sometimes as a trade description and a mark because the factory was located at Coalbrookdale. Coalport’s glazed bone china was in great demand and improved greatly in quality about 1820 with the refinement of a hard, white…
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use of Rococo style
- In pottery: Porcelain
…more-malign influence was that of John Rose of Coalport (Salop). Rose admired the work of Sèvres and imitated it, buying or borrowing specimens to copy and using such ground colours as the rose Pompadour. He was one of the first English exponents of the revived Rococo style, which appeared about…
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