Plate
Nantgarw Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1813 - 1820
Materials
China
Measurements
240 mm (Dia); 20 mm (H)
Place of origin
Nantgarw
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Hatchlands Park, Surrey
NT 1166407
Summary
A dessert plate, porcelain, one of four, Nantgarw China Works in the manner of William Billingsley, 1813-14 or 1817-20. A central spray roses with a gold rim and decorated with buds, fluted edge. Base bears the impressed mark 'Nantgarw C(hina) W(orks)'.
Full description
One of a set of four plates, all bearing the impression of Nantgarw C (hina) W(orks). Located in South Glamorgan, Wales, the works had two phases of production between 1813 to 1814 and 1817 to 1820.The works were founded by William Billingsley (1758-1828), who trained at Derby China Works as a painter but latterly turned to the production of porcelain. He set up at Nantgarw with son-in-law Samuel Walker. Billingsley is most noted for his "derby style", tight bunches of flowers that show the flowers from different angles. Flowers are shown at various angles on this plate. The body of the plate has a fine translucency, with a central bouquet of three roses and the rim dotted with gold with flower buds. A similar example is in the Victoria & Albert Museum's Collection, Collection Number: 3523-1901.
Credit line
Given by Miss Clarke
Marks and inscriptions
Base impressed with mark: Nantgarw C W
Makers and roles
Nantgarw Porcelain Works, organisation by or after William Billingsley (Derby 1758 - Coalport 1828), artist