The Billingsley Collection Including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport

Edwards, Howell G. M.

Denyer, Rachel L.

Denyer, Morgan

History

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This text containing 31 colour illustrations overviews the history of the Swansea porcelain manufactury from its inception to eventual closure, the ornamental wares produced at the Swansea works, the early Swansea ware and the marks found on Swansea porcelain. The text also provides themed frameworks for establishing a collection of Swansea porcelain.

Swansea Porcelain. The Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn

This book addresses the contributions made by analytical chemistry to the characterisation of 18th and early 19th Century English and Welsh porcelains commencing with the earliest&nbsp; reports of Sir Arthur Church and of Herbert Eccles and Bernard Rackham using chemical digestion techniques and concluding with the most recent instrumental experiments, which together span more than&nbsp; a hundred years of study. From the earliest experiments which required necessarily the sacrifice of significant portions of each specimen, which may already have been damaged , to the latest experiments which needed only microsampling or the non-destructive interrogation of valuable perfect specimens&nbsp; a comprehensive survey is undertaken of&nbsp; more than twenty manufactories of quality porcelains. The correlation is made between the quantitative elemental oxide determinations of the scanning electron microscopic diffraction and Xray fluorescence data and the qualitative molecular spectroscopic Raman data to demonstrate their complementarity and use in the holistic forensic assessment of the origin&nbsp; of the fired procelains ; this will&nbsp; form the groundwork for the adoption of analytical techniques for the attribution of unknown or questionable procelains to their potential source factories . The book will also examine the perception of what constitutes a porcelain and its definitions and examines the assignment of porcelains to types which currently employs the definitions of&nbsp; hard paste , soft paste , hybrid , magnesian and bone china&nbsp; from the conclusions derived from the analytical data and a consideration of the raw materials employed in their manufacturing processes. During the discussion of this&nbsp; analytical evidence several themes and protocols have been established for its utilisation in the potential identification of porcelains and several case studies undertaken for this purpose are cited. The book will be of interest to analytical scientists , to museum ceramics curators and to ceramics historians.

18th and 19th Century Porcelain Analysis: A Forensic Provenancing Assessment

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Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens (Cultural Heritage Science)

The material for this book arose from the author's research into porcelains over many years, as a collector in appreciation of their artistic beauty , as&nbsp; an analytical chemist in the scientific interrogation of their body paste, enamel pigments and glaze compositions, and as a ceramic historian in the assessment of their manufactory foundations and their correlation with available documentation relating to their recipes and&nbsp; formulations. A discussion of the role of analysis in the framework of a holistic assessment of artworks and specifically the composition of porcelain, namely&nbsp; hard paste, soft paste, phosphatic, bone china and magnesian, is followed by its growth from its beginnings in China to its importation into Europe in the 16th Century. A survey of European porcelain manufactories in the 17th and 18th Centuries is followed by a description of the raw materials, minerals and recipes for porcelain manufacture and details of the chemistry of the high temperature firing processes involved therein. The historical backgrounds to several important European factories are considered, highlighting the imperfections in the written record that have been perpetuated through the ages. The analytical chemical information derived from the interrogation of specimens, from fragments, shards or perfect finished items, is reviewed and operational protocols established for the identification of a factory output from the data presented. Several case studies are examined in detail across several porcelain manufactories to indicate the role adopted by modern analytical science, with information provided at the quantitative elemental oxide and qualitative molecular spectroscopic levels, where applicable. The attribution of a specimen to a particular factory is either supported thereby or in some cases a potential reassessment of an earlier attribution is indicated. Overall, the information provided by analytical chemical data is seen to be extremely useful for porcelain identification and for its potential attribution in the context of a holistic forensic evaluation of hitherto unknown porcelain exemplars of questionable factory origins.

Armorial porcelains comprised the output of most European ceramics factories in the 18th and 19th Centuries in response to the large quantity of armorial porcelain services that were being imported from China bearing the coats of arms and crests of aristocratic families. Whereas these armorial services have been identified and covered for most porcelain manufactories the information relevant to their production by the two relatively short-lived Nantgarw and Swansea China Works has not been addressed as a theme until now. As an integral&nbsp; component&nbsp; of&nbsp; the holistic forensic appraisal of porcelain, a functional and decorative artwork manifestly part of our cultural heritage and its ongoing preservation ,&nbsp; the recording and identification of such artefacts is material for the future establishment of a database of factory production . The Nantgarw and Swansea factories only operated for a limited period in the second decade of the 19th Century and their porcelains were much appreciated&nbsp; for their high quality and desirability by Georgian households. Today, examples are to be found in many museums and&nbsp; ceramics collections and continue to excite the interest of specialists and the general public . This text provides the first comprehensive assessment of armorial porcelains from these two factories and the methodology and procedure for the identification of unknown armorial bearings and crests is illustrated; individual bearings are discussed&nbsp; in detail and existing incorrect assignments in the literature are re-appraised. The difficulties in attribution of armorial heraldic achievements that are only minimally depicted are considered and directions for further studies using historical documentation are invoked. This book therefore fills a currently existing gap in the ceramics literature of the 19th Century. &nbsp;

Welsh Armorial Porcelain: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China

Raman Spectroscopy in Cultural Heritage Preservation (Cultural Heritage Science)

This book addresses the application of Raman spectroscopic techniques to a range of diverse problems which arise in the study, conservation and restoration of artefacts and sites closely related to our cultural heritage as well as in authentication. These themes are naturally wider than what at first might be considered as artworks and archaeological artefacts and the topics include pigments, paintings, ceramics, glass, sculpture and patination / corrosion, textiles, industrial archaeology, the degradation and preservation of biomaterials, mummies and human skeletal remains. An interesting feature is the inclusion of modern case studies which describe specific problems and approaches to the Raman spectral analysis of items important to our cultural heritage. The text is prefaced with an introduction to the important parameters used in nondestructive Raman measurements and also highlights some future applications based upon novel miniaturised instrumentation for in-field studies and potential screening work which will identify specimens which would repay further studies in the laboratory. An attempt is made to give a snapshot of the state-of-the-art evolution since the beginning of the technique (1970s) and to point out potential further development. The book is co-edited by three international experts with many years' experience in the application of Raman spectroscopy to artworks, archaeological artefacts and in the investigation of materials and sites for cultural heritage preservation and each editor has undertaken to write individual chapters and different topics personally. The adopted approach is designed to convey the sort of information which has become available from the adoption of analytical Raman spectroscopy to different problems in the field of cultural heritage preservation through the spectral interrogation of artefacts and how the interpretation of the spectral data can assist museum curators, archaeologists and cultural heritage historians in the preservation and conservation of ancient materials and sites : a particular advantage in this respect is the ability of Raman spectroscopy to determine -generally in a strictly noninvasive procedure - at the laboratory or on-site with mobile instruments, the presence of both organic and inorganic components in a particular specimen together nondestructively without any chemical and mechanical pretreatment being undertaken, which is an essential requirement for rare and valuable samples . An important aside from this work is the means of spectral identification of ongoing biodeterioration and biological colonisation in specimens in storage and the effects of environmental deterioration such as humidity and temperature upon their integrity.

Politics & Social Sciences

Vandenabeele, Peter

Colomban, Philippe

Archaeology

The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain

Heraldic devices first appeared on ceramics in Western Europe from the sixteenth century onwards; however, it was not until the 1760s that British ceramic manufactories began executing commissions for services displaying heraldic devices for the gentry.\nThis book explores the rise of the new gentry class and the market for armorial services through the case study of the Pendock Barry service. The case study is presented from three angles. It looks at Pendock Neale Barry (1757–1833) who commissioned the service, then considers the evidence for attributing the service to the Derby factory during the period 1805–1810, and finally looks at the evidence supporting an attribution of the decoration to Billingsley.\nThe case study sets out a novel approach to understanding heraldic devices on ceramics by bringing together the disciplines of detailed genealogical research, cultural knowledge, and chemical analytical compositional data. This multidisciplinary approach enables the armorial services to be considered and understood through the lens of heritage, culture, and science.

The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation

Denyer, Morgan C. T.

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The Billingsley Collection Including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport

Swansea Porcelain. The Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn

18th and 19th Century Porcelain Analysis: A Forensic Provenancing Assessment

Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens (Cultural Heritage Science)

Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens (Cultural Heritage Science)

Welsh Armorial Porcelain: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China

Raman Spectroscopy in Cultural Heritage Preservation (Cultural Heritage Science)

Raman Spectroscopy in Cultural Heritage Preservation (Cultural Heritage Science)

The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain

The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation