 It was originally located near Bow, in what is now the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, but by 1749 it had moved to "New Canton", sited east of the River Lea, and then in Essex, now in the London Borough of Newham.Designs imitated imported Chinese and Japanese porcelains and the wares being produced at Chelsea, at the other end of London.From about 1753, Meissen figures were copied, both directly and indirectly through Chelsea.