Ceramics of Swansea and Nantgarw. A history of the factories; with biographical notices of the artists and others, notes on the merits of the porcelains, the marks thereon, etc
Details:
- Author(s) Turner, William
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1897
- Pages 349pp + plates
- Publisher Bemrose & Sons
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Early history of the two Works. Chapters include: 'Swansea Works' [pp7-74]; 'Nantgarw Works' [pp75-114]; 'The proprietors, artists, potters and others who were interested in or connected with the old potworks of Swansea and Nantgarw' [pp115-223]; 'Merits and quality of the porcelain'; 'Marks'; 'Collections'. Has family trees of William Billingsley; The profiles include William Billingsley, William Weston Young, Samuel Walker, the Dillwyns, Thomas Pardoe, Thomas Baxter, Henry Morris, Thomas Rothwell, William Booth Grey, 2nd Lord Bute, etc