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

Author: Howell G M Edwards

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 024415936X

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This book follows William Billingsley as he moved from manufacturer to manufacturer as an employee and employer in pursuit of his career as one of the finest British porcelain decorators and porcelain producers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The book functions as a well-illustrated guide to his works, introduces new findings about his products and proposes new theories regarding the history of the famed Derby Barry Barry dinner service and Coalport's potential use of the Billingsley paste in Coalport wares. The book also acts as a catalogue of some of the William Billingsley related pieces of Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport porcelain offered for sale by Penrose Antiques Ltd.

The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service
The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service

Author: Rachel L. Denyer

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-04-05

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 3031258134

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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. This 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. The 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.