Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains: A Scientific Reappraisal (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Foreword Preface Prologue: The Origins of Porcelain 1: Introduction and Present-Day Scenario 2 : Porcelain Manufacture in South Wales in the 19 th Century 2.1. The Influence of William Billingsley 2.2 Factory Output 3 : Historical Research Issues 3.1. Pattern Numbers : Absence in Nantgarw 3.2. Swansea Set Pattern Numbers 3.3. Attribution of Artist and Source 3.4. The Swansea and Nantgarw Artists 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 7.1. Sponsors of Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains 7.2. A Cautionary Word 8 : Armorial Porcelains 8.1. Armorial Provenancing and Historical Dating 9 : Documentary Porcelain and Historical Provenancing 10 : The Production of Porcelain Services 10.1. Gilding versus Painting 10.2. Copies of Well-Known Services 10.3. Difficulties in Attribution 11 : The Scientific Analysis of Porcelain 11.1. Porcelain Bodies : A Scientific Appreciation 11.2. The Production of Porcelain : Source Materials and Chemistry 11.3. Lewis Weston Dillwyn's Recipes for the Swansea Porcelain Body 11.3.1. Chemistry of Phyllosilicates 11.4. Early Analyses of Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains 11.4.1. Summary of the Wet Chemical Analyses of Eccles & Rackham 11.5. Later Analytical Studies 11.6. General Analytical Conclusions 11.7. Molecular Composition of Porcelain Bodies from Modern Microanalytical Studies 11.8. Final Analytical Conclusions 12 : Named Artists 12. 1. The Three Williams: Turner, Price and Billingsley 13 : Classification of Factory Output 14 : Nantgarw Porcelain : Named Services 15 : Swansea Porcelain : Named Services 16 : Summary of Identified Named Services 16.1. Summary of Stylised Services with Descriptive Names 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 19.1. Measurements of Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains 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