A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate Attributed to William Billingsley 1813-20

Description

Heading : A Nantgarw Porcelain Plate Attributed to William Billingsley
Date : 1813-1820
Period : Regency period
Marks : Impressed Nantgarw CW on reverse
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. A 6mm scratch in the glaze and some flecks of kiln spit.
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 24cm diameter
Weight : 452 grams

Eric Knowles Comments. These 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