Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains An Analytical Perspective /

This book gives a detailed account of the holistic research carried out on the analytical data obtained historically on the products of the Nantgarw and Swansea porcelain manufactories which existed for a few years only during the second decade of the 19th Century. A background to the establishment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Howell G.M (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2018.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Ceramic materials.
Cultural property.
Spectrum analysis.
Arts.
Ceramics.
Cultural Heritage.
Spectroscopy.
Fine Art.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • 1. Introduction: The Dawn of European Porcelain and the Rise of the Swansea and Nantgarw China Factories
  • 2. Porcelain in the 18th Century and its Standing in Georgian and Regency Society
  • 3. Analytical Results and Correlation with Recipes and Formulations
  • 4. Components of Porcelain Manufacture
  • 5. Molecular Composition of Porcelain Bodies form Modern Microanalytical Studies
  • 6. Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains
  • 7. Reflections on the Holistic Approach to the Analysis of Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains
  • 8. Critical Evaluation of Dillwyn's Recipes and Formulations
  • Subject Index
  • Glossary of terms.

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