Nantgarw Porcelain Plate By William Billingsley

Description

Heading : A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate Attributed to William Billingsley
Date : 1813-1820
Period : Regency period
Marks : None see here for marked example
Origin : Nantgarw. Rhondda Cynon Taf .Wales
Colour : Lustrous white porcelain.
Pattern : Roses with scattered sprigs
Features : Central group of roses. a bud and leaves with scattered polychrome small sprays. Gilded dentil border on a contoured rim
Condition : Excellent.
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 24cm diameter
Weight : 437 grams

Eric Knowles Comments. These are Billingsley roses . the manner in which the enamel within the rose petals has been removed in a graduated manner to reveal the glaze beneath  is typical of his style.

For an almost identical composition attributed to Billingsley albeit on a Derby porcelain plate circa 1795 See: Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration. Jones Jimmy A E and Joseph Sir Leslie Page 221 plate 2