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Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains A Scientific Reappraisal
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Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains [electronic resource] : A Scientific Reappraisal / by Howell G.M. Edwards.
ISBN
9783319487137
Edition
1st ed. 2017.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XXXV, 279 p.) 106 illus., 104 illus. in color.
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Summary
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 most translucent porcelain ever produced. These two porcelain factories are linked through the artistic and creative activities of the enigmatic William Billingsley and had a strictly limited production over only three or four years during the period 1812-1820. The earliest chemical analysis of these porcelains were undertaken almost 100 years ago and are compared with the results of more recent analyses The chemical composition of these porcelains, their artistic decoration and the struggle to maintain quality production is reviewed. Scientific explanations are proposed for the characteristic Swansea duck-egg porcelain translucency and for the Nantgarw iridescence. The book is well illustrated throughout and affords a good basis for the further in-depth study of Swansea and Nantgarw porcelains.
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English
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March 21, 2023
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Prologue: The Origins of Porcelain
1 Introduction and Present-Day Scenario
2 Porcelain Manufacture in South Wales in the 19th Century. 3 Historical Research Issues
4 A Chronological Summary of the Billingsley Family and Their Contribution to Porcelain Manufacture and Decoration
5 Burnishing and Gilding
6 Commercial Exploitation
7 Service Types and the Importance of Nomenclature in Their Attribution
8 Armorial Porcelains
9 Documentary Porcelain and Historical Provenancing
10 The Production of Porcelain Services
11 The Scientific Analysis of Porcelain
12 Named Artists
13 Classification of Factory Output
14 Nantgarw Porcelain: Named Services
15 Swansea Porcelain: Named Services
16 Miscellaneous Named Services
17 Conclusions
18 The Discovery of a Long-Lost Nantgarw Dinner-Dessert Service
19 The Attribution of Unknown Porcelain to Swansea and Nantgarw: A Protocol
20 Statement Made by Henry Morris to Colonel Grant Davidson in 1850
21 William Billingsley - An Epilogue
Appendix 1 Notes on the Experimental Production of Swansea Porcelain
Appendix 2 Transcript of an Interview given by Henry Morris
Appendix 3 Some Scientific Thoughts on Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains
Appendix 4. The Pendock-Barry Service: A Re-Appraisal
Appendix 5. Detailed Comparison Between the Derby Lord Ongley Service and its Nantgarw Precursors
Appendix 6. Nantgarw Porcelain - Measurements and Sizes
Appendix 7. Swansea Script Marks and their Attribution to William Billingsley's Decoration
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