Bow Porcelain Factory
Other Business Names:
- Frye, Thomas
- Heylyn, Edward
- Crowther, John, & Weatherby
- Arnold, Alderman George
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stepney, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- West Ham, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Domestic ceramic products manufacture
Notes:
Opened at Bow, East London, in c1747 when owned by Thomas Frye, a decorator, and Edward Heylyn, a merchant. In its early days Alderman George Arnold, 1691-1751, a wealthy linen draper, important in funding the business. The factory was a pioneer in England in manufacture of soft paste porcelain and imitator of the Chelsea Factory. Frye and Heylyn applied for patents, 1744 and 1748. By 1750 owned by John Crowther & Weatherby under Frye's management. c1749 relocated locally to a new factory that by c1758 accommodated c300 workers. Crowther bankrupt 1764 by which time Weatherby dead. Finally closed 1776
Publications:
- Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain; being further information relating to these factories obtained from original documents by Bemrose, William (ed)
- Bow Factory under Alderman Arnold and Thomas Frye, 1747-59 by Tait, Hugh
- 'Bow' in W Bemrose (ed), Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain; being further information relating to these factories obtained from original documents by Bemrose, William (ed)
- Bow Porcelain by Hurlbutt, Frank
- Bow Porcelain by Adams, Elizabeth, & David Redstone
- Bow Porcelain, 1744-1776. A special exhibition of documentary material to commemorate the bicentenary of the retirement of Thomas Frye, manager of the factory by Tait, Hugh
- Capital and credit in the pottery industry before 1770 by Weatherill, Lorna M
- Old Bow China by Mew, Egan
- Origin and Development of Bow Porcelain, 1730-1747; including the participation of the Royal Society, Andrew Duche and the American contribution by Daniels, Pat
- Origins of Worcester Porcelain. Local ingenuity and the pathways from Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Bow, Limehouse and Bristol by Jones, Ray, with Bill Jay
- Review of the Bemrose Papers, British Museum by Valpy, Nancy
- The Bow insurances and related matters by Adams, Elizabeth
- Thomas Frye and Bow China by Lewer, H W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Frye, Thomas
- Heylyn, Edward
- Crowther, John, & Weatherby
- Arnold, Alderman George
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Stepney, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- West Ham, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Luxury / consumer goods production Domestic ceramic products manufacture
Notes:
Opened at Bow, East London, in c1747 when owned by Thomas Frye, a decorator, and Edward Heylyn, a merchant. In its early days Alderman George Arnold, 1691-1751, a wealthy linen draper, important in funding the business. The factory was a pioneer in England in manufacture of soft paste porcelain and imitator of the Chelsea Factory. Frye and Heylyn applied for patents, 1744 and 1748. By 1750 owned by John Crowther & Weatherby under Frye's management. c1749 relocated locally to a new factory that by c1758 accommodated c300 workers. Crowther bankrupt 1764 by which time Weatherby dead. Finally closed 1776Publications:
- Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain; being further information relating to these factories obtained from original documents by Bemrose, William (ed)
- Bow Factory under Alderman Arnold and Thomas Frye, 1747-59 by Tait, Hugh
- 'Bow' in W Bemrose (ed), Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain; being further information relating to these factories obtained from original documents by Bemrose, William (ed)
- Bow Porcelain by Hurlbutt, Frank
- Bow Porcelain by Adams, Elizabeth, & David Redstone
- Bow Porcelain, 1744-1776. A special exhibition of documentary material to commemorate the bicentenary of the retirement of Thomas Frye, manager of the factory by Tait, Hugh
- Capital and credit in the pottery industry before 1770 by Weatherill, Lorna M
- Old Bow China by Mew, Egan
- Origin and Development of Bow Porcelain, 1730-1747; including the participation of the Royal Society, Andrew Duche and the American contribution by Daniels, Pat
- Origins of Worcester Porcelain. Local ingenuity and the pathways from Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Bow, Limehouse and Bristol by Jones, Ray, with Bill Jay
- Review of the Bemrose Papers, British Museum by Valpy, Nancy
- The Bow insurances and related matters by Adams, Elizabeth
- Thomas Frye and Bow China by Lewer, H W