Andrew Planche

Andrew Planche
Chinaman and boy by Planche
Born	André Blanchet c.1727 Derby
Died	1805 Bath
Other names	André Planché, André Planchè, Andrew Floor
Occupation	Potter
Spouse(s)	Sarah Jones
Children	Paul, James, James Burrows (bastard) and William
Parent(s)	Paul Blanchet and Marie Ann Fournier
Relatives	Jacques Planché (brother), James Planché (nephew)

André or Andrew Planché, or Planchè (as written by William Bemrose in 1898) (c. 1727-1805), was a jeweller, potter and theatre person, son of French Huguenot refugees. He lived in Derby, where he had at least four children (Paul, James, James Burrows - bastard - and William).

Andrew Planche was born on 11 March 1727 or 1728 to Marie Ann Fournier and Paul Blanchet, who was then a coffee merchant. He was baptised in Ryder Court's Chapel, at Soho. On 30 June 1740, he was hired as an apprentice by Edward Mountenay, a jewellery goldsmith established on Foster Lane near the Goldsmiths' Company of London. He took the opportunity to change his name from André Blanchet to Andrew Planche. On 22 September 1747, at the end of his 7-year apprenticeship, he married Sarah Jones at St. Pancras Church.

Modelling and porcelain making were taught to him by his father, who had worked at Meissen. At 17 years old, the young Planche would already be producing small pieces of porcelain in Derby. In 1749, he worked for William Littler in Longton Hall. There may also be a link between Marie Ann Fournier, Planche's mother, and Louis Fournier, model maker who had worked in Vincennes and then in Chantilly, France. Planche himself, could identify with Flanchet, who was well known for his practising the same occupation in Chelsea after having been Jean-Claude Duplessis' student in France.

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