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MEETINGS PROGRAMME

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The Caughley Society holds two meetings a year at the Coalport China Museum, near Ironbridge in Shropshire, England, home of the national Caughley porcelain collection. The Spring meeting is normally held on the first Saturday in April (unless this coincides with the Easter holiday period), and the Autumn one on the first Saturday in October. Visitors are welcome. Full details of each meeting are published on this website as soon as they are available. Other events are also organised.

If you would like to attend one of our meetings, please send us an email by clicking on the 'Contact Us' button on the left of this page.

SPRING MEETING

Saturday 31 March 2012

DAVID BYRNE: Transition from on-glaze to under-glaze blue printing

David Byrne is a member and former chairman of the Caughley Society. He is a long time collector of early on-glaze printed porcelain, with a fascination for early printing techniques, the process that revolutionised the 18th century ceramics industry. David has spoken previously about early on-glaze printing on porcelain and enamels. In this talk he will explore the transition from on-glaze printing to early under-glaze blue printing.


RICHARD HAYES: For people and princes, Caughley porcelain 1775-1799

Richard Hayes, current chairman of the Society and a son of Shropshire, will present a history not only of the Caughley manufactory, its owners and products, but also of the wider developments in Shropshire in the early years of the industrial revolution and the allure which Caughley porcelain exercised on a wider public at home and abroad.


ROSEMARY PEMBERTON: Chocolate and caudle cups in 18th Century

Rosemary Pemberton is an independent researcher and lecturer who has written on both chocolate and caudle cups for the English Ceramic Circle. She will talk about the social history of these two drinks, illustrate the shapes of cups produced by various factories in the 18th century and then consider how these identifiers can be applied to Caughley porcelain.