Edward Keys
Born 1798 (Circa)
Died 1861 (Circa)
Active: 1851 - 1853
Designer, modeller or painter
Probably born in Derby. Son of Samuel Keys (1771-1850), gilder.
'A Dictionary of Ceramic Artists' by Vega Wilkinson has the following entry:
"Keys, Edward 1798-1861,
Modeller the son of Samuel Keys (senior) who trained at the Nottingham Road Derby factory. He modelled farm and domestic animals and figures including the Dr Syntax series. They were a great success becoming collectors’ items. Edward became foreman of the figure making department in 1821 then left and went first to Henry & Richard Daniels and then to Minton, where in 1831 he was earning 30 shillings a week. He and his brother Daniel were possibly responsible for developing china figure making there. In 1842 he left to start his own factory but it failed and it became bankrupt. He then joined Wedgwood where it is thought he modelled many items for their Carrara range until 1853."
Locations
Address Etruria Shelton/Hanley | View on map
1851 (Presumed)
Listed in White's Trade Directory (1851) under Hanley and Shelton. Listed at same address in 1851 census.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851 White's Trades Directories
1851
Listed under 'Artists: Designers, Modellers, and Painters'.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Potter's modeller'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
Class: HO107; Piece: 2005; Folio: 418; Page: 38; GSU roll: 87407.
History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire, 1851 White's Trades Directories
21 July 1851
p. 249.
Citing this record
'Edward Keys', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1224760739, accessed 16 Aug 2022]
