Rod Jellicoe has specialised in English porcelain for over 4 decades as both dealer and academic consultant. His company English Porcelain Ltd has been in existence for the last 27 years. A large part of Rod’s career was spent in London, interspersed with attending antiques fairs in the UK and America. Latterly, the business has been successfully trading online via the website www.englishporcelain.com and also by appointment. Rod is available to advise clients and institutions on the acquisition and appraisal of new pieces for their collections. Also, he is happy to share his knowledge with a wider audience by way of lectures and seminars.
Rod has been involved in staging exhibitions and producing catalogues for original research projects such as ‘Isleworth Porcelain’ and ‘The Liverpool Porcelain of William Reid’ which are seminal reference works. He is an expert on the early factories that supplied porcelain to the American Colonies, and John Bartlam’s short-lived enterprise in South Carolina.
He is a member of the The English Ceramic Circle, The American Ceramic Circle and a committee member of The Northern Ceramic Society.