Membership

Membership of the French Porcelain Society is open to all. Our members include museum curators, collectors, dealers, auctioneers, students of the decorative arts and porcelain enthusiasts the world over with a thriving membership not only in Britain and Europe but also in the USA, Australia and Japan.

As a member you will receive the Society’s biannual journal, news of upcoming events and reports of the Society’s activities. One of the main benefits of membership is our regular visits and privileged access to specialist porcelain collections in both museums and private homes, some not open to the public. We also hold regular study trips abroad. Here we can handle, examine and discuss wonderful examples of French porcelain with other enthusiasts and distinguished scholars who are experts in the field.

The Society holds an annual lecture named in honour of our past President, the scholar Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue and biennial symposia on a variety of topics concerned with European porcelain. Whatever your level of knowledge and expertise, you will find us welcoming and inclusive.

 

Testimonials

“As a founding member of FPS it is very satisfying to have witnessed a group of passionate, erudite, informed, and professional people inspire the formation of a society that has now grown into an international, mutually respected collection of members who have created an exceptional resource for scholars and interested amateurs alike.”
RM, Australia
“The FPS has ignited and inspired a passion from within that has changed my life. The access to knowledge and objects is second to none.”
TB
“As a new French museum curator member, I was very happily surprised to discover that the FPS provided not only the best English eighteenth-century Sèvres porcelain professional network but also the best French and Belgian ones.”
SLG
“On behalf of the elite nonagenarian subsociety of the FPS, I am pleased to affirm the usefulness, indeed the essentiality, of the FPS for all cheerful victims of Porzellankrankheit.”
TBL
“The FPS is friendly, entertaining, scholarly and informative and every trip has been worthwhile!”
WA
“'Pom! pom! pom ! Ici Londres!' La French porcelain society parle aux français...”
A d’A

Become a member

We would be delighted to welcome you to the French Porcelain Society. Become a member by clicking the button below and completing the form. You can start, renew and pay for your membership online here.

If you have any further queries about the Society, or for more information on how to renew your membership, please don’t hesitate to contact the membership secretary at fpsmembership@gmail.com

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