The first American porcelain – in Britain
Students of American ceramic history have long been taught that the first successful producers of porcelain in North America were Gousse Bonnin (1741-c.1780) and George Anthony Morris (1741/5-73), who ran the short-lived American China Manufactory in Philadelphia between 1769 and 1772.
But there was another story to be told.
For years, scholars had been aware that an enigmatic Staffor…