blue plaque
Chelsea China and Tobias Smollett blue plaque
Chelsea China · China Manufacturer
Inscription
“Chelsea China was manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street 1745-1784. Tobias Smollett 1721-1771 novelist also lived in part of the house from 1750 to 1762”
Details
1745-84
Life dates
16 Lawrence Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3
SW3
Erected 1950
administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council
Organisation
People & Places Honored
Chelsea China
china manufacturer · (1745-1784)
Tobias Smollett
novelist · (1721-1771)
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