Auctioneers prepare to open to public again with a sale of popular porcelain
New Hall holds an important place in the history of English porcelain. A spokesman for Elstob & Elstob, in Ripon.
A COLLECTION of highlyrated porcelain will be sold by auction this weekend, as one of the county’s leading salerooms allows the public to attend.
Recent lockdown sales at Elstob & Elstob, in Ripon, have been held online with purchasers unable to attend in person.
But the next sale, which will focus on New Hall porcelain, will allow customers to view by appointment and bookings are being taken to attend the sale on Saturday and Sunday.
The sale comprises “several rare or important examples” of the New Hall brand among 50 lots which were acquired from some of the UK’s top dealers.
They range from complete tea services to individual jugs and bowls.
A spokesman for Elstob & Elstob said: “New Hall holds an important place in the history of English porcelain.
“Active between 1781 and 1835, it was a co-operative between several Staffordshire earthenware makers, who were offered the use of the Bristol porcelain licence in return for financing a factory together.”
Over 50 years, the factory produced more than 3,000 patterns that were known for their attractive yet functional forms.
Most of their pieces were intended for practical domestic use – such as dinner services, jugs, bowls and tea sets – with the intention of making these more accessible to broader sections of the community.
But New Hall followed demand and moved towards bone china production – as popularised by Spode.
Its many porcelains helped to turn the Staffordshire Potteries, previously famed only for its earthenware, into a porcelainproducing centre of world importance.