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1	SP100		Wonderful Swansea jug in black and white transfer,clean as a whistle.The jug is fully backstamped it was made by Baker,Bevan and Irwin in the GLAMORGAN POTTERY,SWANSEA c1820.It is a lovely jug with no modern restoration at all.There is a Georgian or Victorian small tinkers repair (single staple) on the handle,which is barely noticeable.This jug is for sale at £149 to include post in the UK only.
2	SP102		LLANELLY POTTERY - ALSO KNOWN AS THE SOUTH WALES POTTERY - this is the best large platter or meatplate we have ever had for Welsh Pottery.The pattern is the famous "DAMASK BORDER" which is now difficult to find.The condition of this is near perfect - with no surface scratches,no chips,no cracks and no repairs - it is just pristine.Approximately 17 - 18 inches across,you can imagine how wonderful this would look on display.c1845-55.The platter is heavy and the expensive registered post will be INCLUDED in the price. £210.. Sorry no overseas sale on this platter,only GB and N.Ireland.
3	SP103		Pair of Sepia matching Swansea plates.The backstamp is Primavessi Swansea and Cardiff.The latter were the retailers in the area for the Pottery companies especially the Cambrian.There is also an impressed "indentation" backstamp that Swansea potters used..£68 the pair.
4	SP104		YNYSMEDW.A large Blue and White hexagonal transfer jug bought years back from a collector of Welsh pottery.This jug is unmarked but we saw another -just like this one, in a green transfer,and that had the "WW" Williams mark for Ynysmedw.The jug is basically in good condition,it has damp and grease marks inside the jug,but good on the outside.The pattern is Rural.. £80
5	SP105		SWANSEA PEARLWARE.2 matching Pink lustre Swansea Cambrian pottery pearlware jugs c 1815.These are a great find as the condition is so good.The jugs are unmarked apart from one or two pressers mark.Swansea made quite a lot of Pink Lustre,and the diamond hand painted patterns.The decoration is very primitive and naive,but this is typical of Swansea pottery everday wares.The lustre has worn off the front of the jugs,but the overall condition is really very good for the age.£59 each jug
6	SP106		SWANSEA JUG.Good sized Cambrian Pearlware jug made in 1810.These jugs are now becoming rare to find but this is a good example.The swirls of hand painted enamels commonly found on Cambrian wares,although many jugs may have lost most of the colour.The famous "chocolate brown" edging is still good.This well documented jug that all Swansea collectors will instantly recognise is in good condition,slight age marks - commensurate with 200years,is to be expected.Lovely on display. £110.Free post in the UK..
7	SP107		YNYSMEDW (ALSO KNOWN AS YNYSMEUDWY) POTTERY JUG.Very nice Cherub jug (known as the Idle Apprentice pattern) in a cream ground with the usual deep blue edging and highlights associated with this pottery.Of a good size,this would be an excellent addition to your collection as it is in such great condition with no repairs at all.There is some surface crazing commensurate with the age, c 1855-65..£89 including the post in GB only.
8	SP108		SUPERB 1790 CAMBRIAN PEARLWARE JUG.If you have ever wanted to own a REAL rarity from the Cambrian pottery then here it is.It is a large,capacious jug that was bought from a private collection being sold in the Principality.I will refer you to the Morton Nance book,to the early days of potting in Swansea.The plates opposite page 35 show these very early blue transfer ware jugs dated 1790.You can see that this jug dates to well over 200 years.The condition is excellent,the pearlware body giving a slight bluish hue as it should do -- there is a slight star hairline underneath and nothing else.No restoration at all,no chips,no cracks.You will never see another jug like this only in a Museum.We are providing 2 photographs for you to see both sides.For sale at £650 including registered post in GB only.Sorry this item cannot be sold overseas...
9	SP109		SWANSEA POTTERY.DYVATTY STREET POTTERY. Rare and very large Game jug in Rockingham glaze or treacle glaze.This jug came in 6 graduated sizes and we believe that this is the largest of the 6 sizes...Staffordshire also made these Game jugs but they are poor examples against the better Swansea pottery Welsh ones.There is a greyhound handle and a very well moulded handle unlike the Staffordshire greyhound handles.Anyway the jug is very well documented in E. Morton Nance's epic book on Swansea and Nantgarw pottery and porcelain and also there is an example to be found in the Swansea Museum,the Glyn Vivian gallery.There are 3 ancient rim chips that have been well coloured over but not filled in,please note this was done many years before we purchased the jug,however overall condition is excellent with no cracks or restoration.Whoever buys this jug will be very pleased.£250/free post GB.
10	SP110		Glamorgan Pottery Swansea, Tower Pattern wash bowl, Repaired, For Sale £80
11	SP111		SWANSEA CAMBRIAN.Beautiful Dillwyn period Twig handle jug.The enamel painting is excellent,in fact the whole jug is excellent.There is no damage and no repairs. Another wonderful example c 1815.There is no backstamp on this jug...£99..to include the post in GB.
12	SP112		SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE c1817.Beautiful large plate probably from the Trident period in perfect condition.The Flowers are superbly painted with no scratching or fade.The translucency is good..A large heavy plate,on the back there is a very clear and sharp impressed Diamond shape with a single slash alongside, the Cambrian Pottery regularly used the impressed Diamond,clubs,heart etc. .There is no impressed Swansea or written mark.The border has the Swansea "C" scrolls although the mould contours are not sharp and do not appear on the reverse as they sometimes do.The condition overall is excellent,the plate is a joy to look at, and is for sale...Enquiries in the first instance please by e mail.We have included 3 pictures for you to see.
13	SP113		YNYSMEUDWY (YNYSMEDW) (YMP).A beautiful Mid Victorian Ynysmeudwy flow blue jug that was their hallmark.This is the well known "triple cherub" pattern with the high handle (about 7 inches tall).The condition is excellent,and we would be very pleased if this jug sold in the Principality.For sale at £149.Sorry this item cannot be sold overseas.
14	SP114		� SWANSEA Cambrian pottery jug in excellent condition,c 1840.This high handled type of jug was produced at Swansea during the glory days before the decline.The pattern is the usual Chinoiserie,in a pleasant brown/green transfer.First class condition.There are 2 incised stripes underneath,this was a well known mark used at this pottery.£75.
15	SP115		GLAMORGAN POTTERY,SWANSEA...An exciting find -- a very,very rare childs cup and saucer as in E.Morton Nances book,for the actual picture see plate XC111 ,opposite page 219.A very primitive early item,thickly potted c1820.No cracks or restoration,some crazing and small base chibble - unimportant.We also have a childs plate in this same pattern listed here as SP142.These Childrens items are so collectable.This cup and saucer £78.
16	SP116		YNYSMEDW or YNYSMEUDWY TRIPLE CHERUB JUG.Superb is the only way to describe this lovely flow blue jug in relief.If I collected YMP this is one example I would want in my collection.Quite a big jug,exactly the same as the one in Helen Hallesy's book on page 9...This one has the added dimension of a backstamp,it has a very rare impressed "W",this stands for the Williams family of YMP c1849-1856.The condition is one of excellence as you can see,there is one small chiplet on the base side.£150
17	SP117		Very old Teapot, c1815, Porcelain, Listed as Swansea, similar to one on display in Nantgarw China Museum, Restored flange and spout, 200 years old , £120
18	SP118		Early large Swansea soaprock porcelain cup and saucer, riveted handle (see Morton Nance book on Swansea and Nantgarw, Illustration facing page 289. Good hand painted flower pattern on cup. No mark, Dark chocolate brown rim, c1815-1817 £65 cup and saucer
19	SP119		Llanelly plate, of small size in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern which was the hallmark of this pottery in Wales.Backstamped Guest and Duesberry, Llanelly. (G.D./L) Very nice overall condition. £48
20	SP120		Superb Swansea Whampoa Meat plate, Very large and in excellent condition.Circa 1855 ......Pattern is crystal clear,and would�make a good addition to the Swansea pottery collector.�
21	SP121		Beautiful Porcelain cup and saucer, circa 1810-20, wonderfully hand painted, showing old country Roses and other Blue speedwell.Gilding around edge and on handle.Excellent translucency.VerySlight,short hairline by handle of cup,otherwise beautiful condition for such an early piece. �88.
22	SP122		Whampoa tureen lid in excellent condition.c1840.Measuring 8inches in diameter.A nice addition to a collection.£75.
23	SP123		A pair of "Whampoa" Swansea plates. One large Dinner sized, and the other Ham sized. Both in perfect condition, around 1850.Cambrian Pottery Swansea. Large plate.�75. Smaller plate. �60.
24	SP124		Moulded pottery jug made at the Nantgarw china works under the ownership of the later Pardoe family.They made Clay pipes,Jugs,utilitarian wares etc.This jug is illustrated in Morton Nance's great book on Swansea and Nantgarw pottery.The jug is decorated with a butterfly and armorial type designs, dated about 1840..We have previously had a similar jug in earlier years, that one had the Nantgarw impressed underneath, this one has no mark but it is the identical jug in colour and form..In perfect condition, about 5 inches tall £85.
25	SP125		LLANELLY (LLANELLI) pottery plate.This is a good quality MILAN patterned plate in Sepia and white.The plate has the much sought after impressed backstamp of SWP,this stands for the "South Wales Pottery",and this was the other name that Llanelly pottery went by.The pattern name in the usual cartouche.Measuring 10.inches approx in really good condition. £110
26	SP126		LLANELLY (LLANELLI) pottery plate.Another good quality green and white MILAN pattern.The Milan in the usual cartouche but this plate also has the impressed backstamp of SWP,that stands for the South Wales Pottery,the other name for the Llanelly pottery.A good size,slightly larger than the sepia and white plate,this one measures 10.5inches across.£100
27	SP127		SWANSEA willow plates .An extra fine pair of plates with excellent back stamps in underglaze blue and the rare Prince of Wales Feathers also in blue on both plates.. The stamp is "SWANSEA -- D.J.EVANS LTD".They measure nearly 11inches across,so a good size.£75 each or £145 the pair.
28	SP128		LLANELLY(LLANELLI) Colandine pattern neat meat platter measuring 10 x 12.5inches.This platter has a nice quality feel to it.Very good condition £75
29	SP129		LLANELLY(LLANELLI) Colandine pattern in Sepia and white. 2 nice matching plates measuring 9inches across.Backstamped Colandine in the usual cartouche,also backstamped with the name of the retailer Primaversi Swansea and Cardiff.£100 pair.
30	SP130		LLANELLY Whampoa pattern plate measures 9.5inches across,workers backstamp as in Dilys Jenkins book.£45
31	SP131		Matching pair of LLANELLY Colandine plates,each plate is 9.5inches across.There is the well known "Daisy" stamp on each.Blue and white always looks so nice,especially on a Welsh dresser! £80 the pair
32	SP132		LLANELLY Colandine pattern plate c1850 measures just over 9inches across.£45
33	SP133		Another Llanelly Colandine plate slightly larger than the plate mentioned above,nice condition £45
34	SP134		YNYSMEDW willow plate.A great and rare find -- this quality plate was made in the ancient Ynysmedw pottery and bears the sought after impressed backstamp of "YMP". £120
35	SP135		LLANELLY POTTERY. This large jug is in the NAUTILUS pattern and was made in the Coombes and Holland Period of production.One big problem ! -- there is a crack from the top to the bottom,right down one side that has been completely sealed.If you wanted to show this jug on it's good side, it will cost you £65
36	SP136		SWANSEA willow plate.A lovely Dinner sized plate impressed DILLWYN in a semi horseshoe on the reverse.Many years back, a very old Swansea collector said that there are 30 apples always on a Swansea willow pattern.Well he must have been unable to count as this one has 31 apples,but I suppose he was very close!! £75
37	SP137		SWANSEA JUG.This is a well documented shaped jug in relief moulding.We have seen 2 of these jugs impressed with Swansea workmans backstamps.This jug stands on 4 short feet,and one of the feet has an inner crack,that is not visible from the outside,it is below the base anyway.The outer rim edge and body decoration,is coloured with the usual Swansea Chocolate brown.A nice little jug for the Welsh Collector £85.
38	SP138		Cambrian childs plates.Matching pair of pink lustre plates made in the great Cambrian pottery,Swansea.The plates were made in c1820,the pink lustre was probably applied by John Harries or "Old Harris" as E.Morton Nance refers to him in his masterpiece on Swansea and Nantgarw,so obviously he worked in the lustre paintshop for quite some years.There is a Capital "S" imprressed in the rear of one plate.The only fault is a very small edge slither,hardly noticeable.£89 the pair.
39	SP139		Cambrian pottery childs plate with a pink lustre pattern,the border showing the impressed daisy pattern.The lustre probably applied by Old Harris in 1820's who was the main lustre painter,although children were also working in the pottery,and this may account for the slap dash way most of these plates were decorated with.Made in 1820 -30.Excellent condition. £55
40	SP140		YNYSMEDW (YNYSMEUDWY) childs plate.This plate,bought in Breconshire, was made in the Ynysmedw pottery c 1850 period.Ynysmedw is becoming very collectable and more and more items are coming to light,many substantiated by the thousands of Shards excavated from the old site of the original pottery.This plate shows the "Fern and Flower Stalk" moulded edge pattern,and it is in very good condition.£70
41	SP141		Excellent SWANSEA,CAMBRIAN pottery plate made in the Evans and Glasson period,c1855.The backstamp in Blue is wonderful,showing the large Prince of Wales Feathers and crown with the name of the pattern below VERANDAH.The condition is superb. £125
42	SP142		GLAMORGAN Pottery childs plate.Please see E.MORTON NANCE's book for the exact pattern.It is on the opposite page to 219, and the written description paragraph 3.There is a tiny rim chip and a very faint hairline on the rear. £45
43	SP143		CAMBRIAN pottery plate.This shows a lovely crisp flow blue pattern,along the same lines as the Bells pattern.The plate was made in 1820 and is impressed with a deep Star or Propellor mark.Well documented. £85.
44	SP144		7. SWANSEA PEARLWARE willow plate.Fine plate impressed DILLWYN in a semi horse shoe.Very clean,so much so that it could have been made yesterday and not in 1815,nearly 200years old.£100
			A few words about Nantgarw pottery from a local viewpoint Living so near to Nantgarw (7miles)we ourselves have talked to people whose grandparents travelled every week by horse and cart from Tonyrefail (1 mile from here) to Nantgarw to buy stock from the pottery that they then proceeded to sell in their Tonyrefail shop.They have verified that these wares were made in Nantgarw pottery. Over the years we have bought boxes of old clay pipes in auctions that were stamped Nantgarw.We used to pay a pittance for a whole box of pipes that now would cost a small fortune,such is the increase and interest in any scrap of anything that was produced at Nantgarw pottery..We used to be one of the lucky traders that actually sold in the Antiques fairs that were held in Nantgarw house and outbuildings in the 1990's.This was until the local authority changed hands, and it was deemed by them that money should not be changing hands in any Welsh Museum.This ridiculous red tape by the powers that be brought to the end our famous little Nantgarw Antiques fairs and many say the demise of the little museum itself.The revenue in stand charges and the teas and cakes supplied free by the Friends of Nantgarw Pottery,was used to buy priceless items of Nantgarw porcelain for the museum itself,and pay for the lectures and talks that were frequently held there to a packed audience --indeed the little house became alive again with excited collectors lucky enough to get a seat,or as many - standing room only!..Some of the dealers at these fairs were World famous names,they sold some of the best Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelain you would ever wish to see,equal in quality to many top museums,it was truly breathtaking. Sadly some of these famous names have now passed away,and others are getting on in years.Truly it is an honour to recall those happy days,when cups of teas,sandwiches and home made cakes were served once again on the lawns of Nantgarw pottery just as they used be in the days long ago when the Pardoes were living in the house. Many excavations were carried out there as the Kiln was rebuilt and the pipe house restored down by the old canal,and the dug up "wasters" or shards of pottery were laid out on the walls of the garden for any visitor to take home as they wished..The cellar room where William Billingsley produced the secret recipe for his best porcelain was always icy cold and draughty,there is a spiral flight of stone steps leading down to this special room from the ground floor.Our own stand,displaying our wares, was either upstairs in the bedroom area or just inside the Parlour near to the front door,where doubtless William Billingsley and his family sat in the evenings chatting and smoking their clay pipes all those years ago. In the Spring,the little garden out the front was a mass of bluebells and primroses,and in the Summer months it was the perfume of old Country Roses and lavender that wafted in through the wide open door,near to where we were sitting,eating our cucumber sandwiches and sipping our endless cups of tea.We will never forget the little Antiques fairs,it was a wonderful sight to see all the rows of Nantgarw and Swansea porcelain displayed - plate after plate,cups and saucers,vases etc. all decorated to the highest standard imagineable,and all displayed again in the house where they were first made. Well,just sharing a few thoughts that some of you may hopefully enjoy.

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