Nantgarw China Works
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The Nantgarw China Works was a porcelain factory, later making other types of pottery, located in Nantgarw on the eastern bank of the Glamorganshire Canal, 8 miles north of Cardiff in the River Taff v
Nantgarw porcelain plate (c. 1813-1822)
One of the kilns at the Nantgarw Pottery undergoing restoration in September 2006
A jigger-and-jolley machine demonstrated by the curator of the Nantgarw pottery museum
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
Nantgarw China Works
…shapes made, and the decoration was typically of garlands of flowers in a profusion of colours, the speciality of the founder, William Billingsley. With Swansea porcelain, Nantgarw was one of the last factories to make soft-paste porcelain, when English factories had switched to bone china, and continental and Asian ones…
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