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Table of 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
Glossary of Terms Used in this Book.
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
Glossary of Terms Used in this Book.