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Cambrian Pottery

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product that he arranged with him to transfer production to the Cambrian Pottery, which began in 1814. However, Billingsley kept the secret of his recipe for the paste, which was of extremely high quality, especially for receiving painting, "highly translucent and of beautiful whiteness, but very
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Initially most pieces were still marked "Nantgarw", leading to great uncertainty as to where pieces were made. In 1817 Billingsley and his son-in-law Samuel Walker returned to Nantgarw. Dillwyn devised a new paste recipe, initially using ground flint and a higher proportion of
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in 1838. Many of the redundant staff went on to help found the South Wales Pottery at Llanelli, the competition from which, played a part in the ultimate demise of the Cambrian Pottery in 1870.
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became a partner in 1802 and sole owner when George Haynes left the pottery in 1810. In 1811 Dillwyn took T.& J. Bevington into partnership, the company becoming known as Dillwyn & Co.
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Floral painting, and often similar decoration in low relief, was the staple of the factory's output. The Cambrian employed some notable artists for its porcelain, such as
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for help, as he was not making a profit, the board asked Dillwyn, as a noted nearby pottery manager, to report on the matter. Dillwyn was so impressed with Billingsley's
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liable to melt out of shape in the kiln" and so extremely expensive to make, as a high proportion of pieces were unsaleable, 90% according to many sources.
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and lead-glazed earthenware were also made". But Dillwyn, who also wrote naturalist books, was keen to move upmarket and employed the artist
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Swansea porcelain plate, from the Dynevor Service, c. 1817. Painting by William Pollard.
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The pottery closed in 1870, when the site was sold to Cory, Yeo & Co.
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Copperopolis: landscapes of the early industrial period in Swansea
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Porcelain soup plate from the Burdette-Coutts Service, c. 1815
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Index



Swansea
Glamorganshire
George Haynes
Josiah Wedgwood
Lewis Weston Dillwyn
redware
creamware
William Weston Young
Thomas Rothwell
William Billingsley
Nantgarw porcelain
Board of Trade
soft-paste porcelain
china clay
steatite
Thomas Baxter
Thomas Pardoe
William Pollard
Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn
Glamorgan Pottery
Plate, painting attributed to Thomas Pardoe (1770-1823), pearlware, c. 1810
Thomas Pardoe
pearlware
Porcelain soup plate from the Burdette-Coutts Service, c. 1815
Porcelain plate painted by William Pollard, c. 1817
William Pollard
Earthenware cow creamer, 1820–40, "possibly Cambrian Pottery"
cow creamer

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