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Howell Edwards - Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains - 9783319487120 - V9783319487120
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Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains

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Description for Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains Hardback. Num Pages: 279 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 104 colour illustrations, 110 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AF; JFC; PNF; PNFS; TDCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .

This book describes a holistic study of the porcelain manufactured at Nantgarw and Swansea in the first quarter of the 19th Century, using both scientific analytical data and historical provenancing. This porcelain is acclaimed as some of the finest and most translucent porcelain ever produced. These two porcelain factories are linked through the artistic and creative activities of the enigmatic William Billingsley and had a strictly limited production over only three or four years during the period 1812-1820. The earliest chemical analysis of these porcelains were undertaken almost 100 years ago and are compared with the results of more recent analyses ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319487120
SKU
V9783319487120
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Howell Edwards
Professor H.G.M. Edwards M.A., B.Sc., D.Phil., C.Chem., F.R.S.C. Emeritus Professor of Molecular Spectroscopy, Director of the Centre for Astrobiology and Extremophiles Research , Faculty of Life Sciences , University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK. Honorary Scientific Adviser to The De Brecy Trust for the scientific evaluation and pigment composition of Renaissance and later period paintings. Howell Edwards studied Chemistry at ... Read more

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