Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains A Scientific Reappraisal
This book describes a holistic study of the porcelain manufactured at Nantgarw and Swansea in the first quarter of the 19th Century, using both scientific analytical data and historical provenancing. This porcelain is acclaimed as some of the finest and m
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Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains A Scientific Reappraisal
Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains
Howell G.M. Edwards
Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains A Scientific Reappraisal
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Howell G. M. Edwards Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences University of Bradford Bradford UK
ISBN 978-3-319-48712-0 ISBN 978-3-319-48713-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48713-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016960033 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Nantgarw porcelain dessert plate, impressed NANT-GARW C. W., from a service commissioned by the Prince Regent later King George IV, for his younger brother, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, on the occasion of his marriage in 1818 to Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel. Private Collection. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
This book provides a timely survey of the output of the two Welsh porcelain factories at Swansea and Nantgarw which were operational in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century, between about 1814 and 1823. The linking theme of William Billingsley and his efforts to make and decorate porcelain of the highest quality and translucency is explored from his apprenticeship at the Derby China Works in 1771 and his ascendancy at Derby until his departure in 1795, moving on to Pinxton, thence to Mansfield, Brampton-in-Torksey, Worcester, Nantgarw, Swansea, and Nantgarw again and thence finally to Coalport, where he died alone in 1828. The holistic approach adopted in this book brings together the historical documentation from the first account of William Turner in 1897 and scientific analyses that have been carried out on ceramic products of Swansea and Nantgarw from the first efforts of Eccles and Rackham in 1922 until the
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