Nantgarw Porcelain Plate by William Billingsley, 1813-1820

Nantgarw Porcelain Dinner Plate, c1820 Additional information: Date : c1820 Period : George III/George IV Marks : Impressed NANT-GARW C.W. Origin : Nantgarw, South Wales Colour : o...

Heading : Nantgarw porcelain teacup and saucer Date : 1818-20 Period :Regency Origin : Nantgarw, Wales. Probably London decorated Colour : Polychrome Pattern : Three garden flower pa...

A Nantgarw Porcelain Shell Shaped Dish, c1820 Welsh porcelain is amongst the most highly regarded of all early 19th century porcelains. The colour and decoration is always of the hi...

Nantgarw Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer, c1820 Additional information: Date : c1820 Period : George III - William IV Marks : none Origin : Nantgarw, Wale...

An exceptionally rare pair of bread and butter plates in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of t...

This is one of a pair of beautiful plates made by William Billingsley at the Mansfield Pottery, between 1799 and 1802. The plates, manufactured by Coalport, have a pleasing slightly diapered shape. They were decorated with beautiful monochrome sepia flowers and a simple gilt rim by William Billingsley. Please see separate listing for the matching plate; I would be happy to offer some discount if you interested in purchasing both plates. William Billingsley was a brilliant but notoriously difficult man who left behind a trail of debts, broken hearts and mystery - but he was also one of the most important people in the history British porcelain. Billingsley revolutionised the way British decorators painted flowers; he added a freedom and artistry that now singles out British flower painting, and he created a new technique for painting roses, which you can see in this design. Billingsley trained and worked at Derby, and then started his own pottery at Pinxton. He then left to start a decorating studio at Mansfield, where he decorated wares from various potteries, among which Derby, Coalport, Whitehead and others. After that, he spent a period in Worcester, and then went to Wales where he set up a pottery in Nantgarw, worked at the Swansea pottery for a while and then returned to Nantgarw. While in Nantgarw he created some of the best porcelain ever made, but racking up great debts. He ended up running off in the dead of night and ending his days at Coalport painting flowers. Items painted by William Billingsley are rare and very much in demand - together with Thomas Baxter's work they are probably among the most desired pieces of British porcelain. The plate is marked with an impressed 7, the number associated with Billingsley. The attribution of this plate to William Billingsley is due to the fact that he painted nearly identical flowers on a Coalport jug...

A particularly pleasing and restrained form of decoration for this period, which allows the beauty of the porcelain to be clearly seen. Nantgarw porcelain is particularly fine, and ...

An exceptionally rare teapot, sugar and creamer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painti...