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<p>Chapter 1: The Historical Origin of armorial Devices.- Chapter 2: The Essence &amp; Meaning of armorials on Ceramics.- Chapter 3: Chinese Imported Armorials.- Chapter 4: European armorials in porcelain and earthenware from the 16th century.- Chapter 5: The Earliest British armorials on Ceramics.- Chapter 6: The Catalyst and Historical Beginning for Porcelain Armorials manufactured in England.- Chapter 7: Product Demand: The Commissioning Patrons for Armorial Porcelain.- Chapter 8: Armorial errors incommissions: Accident or Design?.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.</p>

<p><em><strong>Professor Howell G.M. Edwards M.A., B.Sc., D. Phil., C.Chem., FRSC</strong></em></p>

<p>Howell Edwards is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Spectroscopy at the University of Bradford. He read Chemistry at Jesus College in the University of Oxford and after completing his B.A. and B.Sc. degrees he studied for his doctorate in Raman spectroscopy at Oxford and then became a Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He joined the University of Bradford as a Lecturer in Structural and Inorganic Chemistry, becoming Head of the Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, and was awarded a Personal Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy in 1996. He has received several international awards (Sir Harold Thompson Award; Charles Mann Award; Emanuel Boricky Medal; Norman Sheppard Award) in a spectroscopic career which has resulted in the publication of almost 1400 research papers in Raman spectroscopy and the characterisation of materials, along with six books on the application of this analytical technique to art, archaeology and forensic science. He has had a lifelong interest in the porcelains of William Billingsley, especially those from the Derby, Nantgarw and Swansea factories and has authored seven books on porcelain: <em>Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains: A Scientific Reappraisal</em>, <em>Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains: An Analytical Perspective,</em> <em>Porcelain to Silica Bricks: The Extreme Ceramics of William Weston Young, 1776-1847,</em> <em>18th and 19th Century Porcelain Analysis: A Forensic Provenancing Assessment, Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens, “Raman Spectroscopy in Cultural Heritage Preservation”</em>, (with Philippe Colomban and Peter Vandenabeele, Springer, 2023) and <em>Welsh Armorial Porcelains: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China</em>, published by Springer Publishing, Dordrecht, The Netherlands and two specialist texts, namely :<em> The Pendock-Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation</em> (with R Denyer and M Denyer, 2023) and <em>The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain</em> (2023). He has also produced several monographs: <em>William Billingsley - The Enigmatic Porcelain Artist, Decorator and Manufacturer; Nantgarw Porcelain (with M.D. Denyer) - The Pursuit of Perfection; Swansea Porcelain - the Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn </em>and<em> Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years, 1780-1830. </em>Howell Edwards is Honorary Scientific Adviser to the de Brecy Trust on the scientific evaluation of their artworks and paintings.</p>

<p><em><strong>Rachel Denyer MA, MBCS</strong></em></p>

<p>Rachel Denyer has a History degree from The University College of North Wales in Bangor, Gwynedd. Since graduating, she has had a career in IT. She is a co-founder of Penrose Antiques Ltd, established 2010, which specialises in English &amp; Welsh ceramics, silverware and furniture. Between 2014 - 2018 she was one of four Directors of Rose Antiques Fairs, which organised a specialist annual antiques fair in York. In 2018, she was awarded a Masters degree in Art History, and her research led to the publication <em>A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 – 1940)</em>. She was a contributing author to <em>The Billingsley Collection including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport, </em>published in 2019.<em> </em>She has a strong interest in genealogical research and social history, and published <em>A Cocken Family History: The Descendants of William Cocken (born c1695) to 1920, </em>in 2020. A specialist interest in the history and development of food preparation and presentation, dining and social entertaining led to <em>1900s Store Cupboard Recipes for Cakes &amp; Biscuits</em> published in 2021. She was a co-author of <em>The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation, </em>published in 2023.</p>

<p><em><strong>Professor Howell G.M. Edwards M.A., B.Sc., D. Phil., C.Chem., FRSC</strong></em></p>

<p>Howell Edwards is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Spectroscopy at the University of Bradford. He read Chemistry at Jesus College in the University of Oxford and after completing his B.A. and B.Sc. degrees he studied for his doctorate in Raman spectroscopy at Oxford and then became a Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. He joined the University of Bradford as a Lecturer in Structural and Inorganic Chemistry, becoming Head of the Department of Chemical and Forensic Sciences, and was awarded a Personal Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy in 1996. He has received several international awards (Sir Harold Thompson Award; Charles Mann Award; Emanuel Boricky Medal; Norman Sheppard Award) in a spectroscopic career which has resulted in the publication of almost 1400 research papers in Raman spectroscopy and the characterisation of materials, along with six books on the application of this analytical technique to art, archaeology and forensic science. He has had a lifelong interest in the porcelains of William Billingsley, especially those from the Derby, Nantgarw and Swansea factories and has authored seven books on porcelain: <em>Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains: A Scientific Reappraisal</em>, <em>Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains: An Analytical Perspective,</em> <em>Porcelain to Silica Bricks: The Extreme Ceramics of William Weston Young, 1776-1847,</em> <em>18th and 19th Century Porcelain Analysis: A Forensic Provenancing Assessment, Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens, “Raman Spectroscopy in Cultural Heritage Preservation”</em>, (with Philippe Colomban and Peter Vandenabeele, Springer, 2023) and <em>Welsh Armorial Porcelains: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China</em>, published by Springer Publishing, Dordrecht, The Netherlands and two specialist texts, namely :<em> The Pendock-Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation</em> (with R Denyer and M Denyer, 2023) and <em>The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain</em> (2023). He has also produced several monographs: <em>William Billingsley - The Enigmatic Porcelain Artist, Decorator and Manufacturer; Nantgarw Porcelain (with M.D. Denyer) - The Pursuit of Perfection; Swansea Porcelain - the Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn </em>and<em> Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years, 1780-1830. </em>Howell Edwards is Honorary Scientific Adviser to the de Brecy Trust on the scientific evaluation of their artworks and paintings.</p>

<p><em><strong>Rachel Denyer MA, MBCS</strong></em></p>

<p>Rachel Denyer has a History degree from The University College of North Wales in Bangor, Gwynedd. Since graduating, she has had a career in IT. She is a co-founder of Penrose Antiques Ltd, established 2010, which specialises in English &amp; Welsh ceramics, silverware and furniture. Between 2014 - 2018 she was one of four Directors of Rose Antiques Fairs, which organised a specialist annual antiques fair in York. In 2018, she was awarded a Masters degree in Art History, and her research led to the publication <em>A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 – 1940)</em>. She was a contributing author to <em>The Billingsley Collection including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport, </em>published in 2019.<em> </em>She has a strong interest in genealogical research and social history, and published <em>A Cocken Family History: The Descendants of William Cocken (born c1695) to 1920, </em>in 2020. A specialist interest in the history and development of food preparation and presentation, dining and social entertaining led to <em>1900s Store Cupboard Recipes for Cakes &amp; Biscuits</em> published in 2021. She was a co-author of <em>The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation, </em>published in 2023.</p>

<p><em><strong>Morgan C. T. Denyer BSc, PhD</strong></em></p>

<p>Dr Morgan Denyer was born in Yeovil, Somerset and was brought up in Carmarthenshire, South West Wales. He was educated at The University College of North Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, where he gained a BSc in Zoology and PhD in Neuroscience. He then worked as a Research Scientist at The University of Glasgow and as a Research Fellow at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan before becoming a Lecturer at The University of Bradford. Morgan has authored over 90 peer reviewed publications and patents. In 2010, he co-founded Penrose Antiques Ltd and later co-founded Rose Antiques Fairs. Morgan has published a number of works as author or editor, including: <em>Charles Horner: Short Guides</em> (2016); <em>William Billingsley – the Enigmatic Porcelain Artist, Decorator and Manufacturer</em> (2016); <em>Nantgarw Porcelain – The Pursuit of Perfection </em>(2017); <em>Swansea Porcelain - the Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn </em>(2017);<em> Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years,1780-1830 </em>(2018)<em>; </em><em>A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 - 1949)</em>. Morgan combines working in the antiques trade with a role as a Visiting Lecturer at The University of Bradford.</p>

<p>This book explores the genesis of armorial porcelain manufacture in Britain. While heraldic devices began appearing on Chinese porcelain from the sixteenth century onwards, armorials did not appear on British porcelain until the 1750s. It examines the development of porcelain in China and traces its introduction to Western Europe. The book delves into the market for armorial porcelains, from the early commissioning of Chinese armorial porcelainware to the establishment of manufactories in England capable of producing armorial porcelain. It also discusses the reasons behind the timing of armorial porcelain's manufacture in Britain. Additionally, it assesses armorial porcelain as a contemporary historical source. Building upon previous research by the authors, the book presents armorial porcelain as a distinct and highly personalized product. By integrating detailed genealogical research, cultural insights, and chemical analysis, it offers a comprehensive understanding of armorial porcelain within the context of heritage, culture, and science.</p>

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Develops the theme of using armorial porcelains as a contemporary historical source Places armorial services within their social context Traces the origins of the armorial services manufacture in England