Foreword.- Preface.- Prologue: The Origins of Porcelain.- 1 Introduction and Present-Day Scenario.- 2 Porcelain Manufacture in South Wales in the 19th Century. 3 Historical Research Issues.- 4 A Chronological Summary of the Billingsley Family and Their Contribution to Porcelain Manufacture and Decoration.- 5 Burnishing and Gilding.- 6 Commercial Exploitation.- 7 Service Types and the Importance of Nomenclature in Their Attribution.- 8 Armorial Porcelains.- 9 Documentary Porcelain and Historical Provenancing.- 10 The Production of Porcelain Services.- 11 The Scientific Analysis of Porcelain.- 12 Named Artists.- 13 Classification of Factory Output.- 14 Nantgarw Porcelain: Named Services.- 15 Swansea Porcelain: Named Services.- 16 Miscellaneous Named Services.- 17 Conclusions.- 18 The Discovery of a Long-Lost Nantgarw Dinner-Dessert Service.- 19 The Attribution of Unknown Porcelain to Swansea and Nantgarw: A Protocol.- 20 Statement Made by Henry Morris to Colonel Grant Davidson in 1850.- 21 William Billingsley - An Epilogue.- Appendix 1 Notes on the Experimental Production of Swansea Porcelain.- Appendix 2 Transcript of an Interview given by Henry Morris.- Appendix 3 Some Scientific Thoughts on Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains.- Appendix 4. The Pendock-Barry Service: A Re-Appraisal.- Appendix 5. Detailed Comparison Between the Derby
Lord Ongley
Service and its Nantgarw Precursors.- Appendix 6. Nantgarw Porcelain – Measurements and Sizes.- Appendix 7. Swansea Script Marks and their Attribution to William Billingsley’s Decoration.- Glossary of Terms Used in this Book.