The pairing of fine porcelain with metal components instantly creates a dichotomy: Here we have one of the most fragile of man’s creations combined with one of the most durable – especially if the metal happened to be bronze. The use of certain metal components often allowed artists to create elements that would have been…
The Boehm porcelain studio’s expansion into the UK widened even further during the 1980s. They already had a porcelain studio in Malvern, England, but Helen Boehm wanted to take advantage of a new trend: figurines that combined porcelain with bronze elements. In 1982 she learned of a jewelry foundry in Wales named Ammonite Art Ltd…
As a result of the retail success of their first-decade series of collector plates, the Boehm of Malvern studio went into the genre in a much bigger way during the 1980s. The decision to do this, of course, originated with Helen Boehm who never let a marketing opportunity pass her by. The so-called “collectibles market”…
During the 1970s the Boehm of Malvern studio produced four categories of collectible porcelain: sculptures, collector plates, one of a kind plaques, and limited edition plaques which are the subject of this post. However, there were far fewer retail plaque designs than plates. Retail limited edition plaques produced by the Malvern studio during the 1970s…
In 1975, four years after opening of the Boehm porcelain studio in Malvern, England, a unique project was undertaken whereby 100 one-of-a-kind hand painted porcelain plaques were created by Boehm artists. Although a few of the artists were from Boehm’s Trenton, NJ studio, all of the plaques were created at Boehm of Malvern. After being…
The Chatsworth Lady 