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An Illustrated Guide. & 100 Black & white Hardback. Dust Wrapper. Numbered 1 to 250. of 300 copies. 50 Copies in Balycron leather type edition in matching slipcase. £ 120.00 Numbered 1 to 50. Tel 01929 424423 We guarantee the book will not be reduced in price or be available from any other online bookseller or bookshop at a lower price. Only available from us direct. |
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This is a book of three parts- a long time in the making. The first and fundamental part was Grant's completion of the script, done in the main in 1979. After his death in 1999 his widow Margaret Grant-Davidson sought guidance from Oliver Fairclough of the National Museum of Wales and Brian Simpson ex-president of the Royal Institution of South Wales (now Swansea Museum). Both supported the idea that the book should be published with as few amendments as possible. The next problem was that Grant's vast slide collection would need transferring to computer, and other black & white photographs needed retaking in colour. Roger Davies took up the challenge and, as many items came from collections that had long since been dispersed, this proved a formidable task. It took Oliver Fairclough over 3 years to assemble a composite text from the two manuscripts Grant had left; one containing later corrections by Grant and also by Donald Towner. The book has worn remarkably well during its quarter of a century in Grant's study, but the reader is referred to several publications that Grant did not have available to him at the time such as Helen Hallesy's Glamorgan Pottery. The original research by Grant on Potters and related employments has been greatly expanded by Robert Leonard and now numbers some 266 entries taken from St. Mary's and St. John's church registers. This list contains some significant and surprising entries. The illustrations of items themselves are from numerous sources including Grant's own collection and the R.J. Maddock collection. The illustrated catalogue of wares runs from page 125 to page 415 with the informative descriptions that include a description of the piece along with details of any mark, size, source of illustration and very often further notes referring to similar examples recorded elsewhere or providing other information on the piece or its maker. Then follows further illustrations taken from Grant's slide collection of excavations and buildings at the Nantgarw site and the numerous appendices. The book presents a deep knowledge and love of the subject developed over many years as honorary curator of ceramics at the the Royal Institute of South Wales, now the Swansea Museum. The book includes very detailed descriptions alongside illustrations of 250 examples, copies of workers agreements, chapters on the smaller potteries, lists of potters, packers, workmen and women employed in the industry obtained through new research. Chapters and contents as follows :-
2) The Early Wares 3) The Achievement of George Haynes 4) The Dillwyn-Bevington Period, 1811-1817 5) The Bevington Period 6) The Return of Lewis Weston Dillwyn, 1824-1831 7) The Work of Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn, 1831-1850 8) The Last Phase 1850-1870 9) The Glamorgan Pottery 1813-1839 10) The Minor Potteries - Dyfatty or Vale, Pleasant Pottery, Landore Pottery, nysmeudwy Pottery, Llanelly Pottery 11) Slipwares - Berthlwyd Uchaf, Wassail Place, Swansea, Ewenni/ Ewenny.
I Copy of Workman's Contract, II Transcript of Accounts to John Collins, Rector of Oxwich 1782/1790/1796, (a) An Account of Major Edmond from George Haynes & Co. 1802, III Transcript from E.H. Brindley's Memorandum Book, 1825-1859, IV Evidence from The Commissioners' Report on the Employment of Children, 1842, V Transcript of Gower Wassail Song, VI List of Recorded Rothwell Engravings, VII Map of Pottery Sites in Wales - Pottery Plan of Cambrian Pottery, 1802 , VIII Glossary of Greek Terms & Techniques, IX, General Glossary of Pottery Terms & Techniques X Biographical Sketches, XI Pattern Index, XII A Brief History of the Royal Institution of South Wales, XIII List of Potters Bibliography - Index. |
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