Cambrian Pottery
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The Cambrian Pottery was founded in 1764 by William Coles in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. In 1790, John Coles, son of the founder, went into partnership with George Haynes, who introduced new busin
Swansea porcelain plate, from the Dynevor Service, c. 1817. Painting by William Pollard.
Trade-card, 1806
Plate, painting attributed to Thomas Pardoe (1770-1823), pearlware, c. 1810
Porcelain soup plate from the Burdette-Coutts Service, c. 1815
William Billingsley (artist)
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William Billingsley was an influential painter of porcelain in several English porcelain factories, who also developed his own recipe for soft-paste porcelain, which produced beautiful results but a v
Cambrian Pottery
…Young from 1806, and also Thomas Rothwell (1740-1807). Between 1814 and about 1822, the famous Swansea china or Swansea porcelain was made there. After William Billingsley, then owner of the Nantgarw porcelain factory, asked the Board of Trade for help, as he was not making a profit, the board asked Dillwyn, as a noted…
The Prentice Plate
Plate, c. 1820
Pinxton Cream Jug, about 1800
Plate perhaps painted at William Billingsley's decorative workshop in Mansfield