 He produced blue and white porcelain, mainly for export to the American colonies.In 1755 Robert Podmore, a potter from the porcelain factory in Worcester, showed him and his business partner Philip Christian how to make porcelain using soapstone, discovered in Mullion Cove in Cornwall; Chaffers subsequently became a rival to Josiah Wedgwood.Many pieces from the factory have transfer printing by John Sadler.