Armorial Porcelain: The Genesis

本書探討了英國紋章瓷器製造的起源。雖然從十六世紀開始，紋章圖案已出現在中國瓷器上，但直到1750年代，紋章才出現在英國瓷器上。本書考察了中國瓷器的發展，並追溯其引入西歐的過程。書中深入探討了紋章瓷器的市場，從早期委託中國紋章瓷器到在英國建立能夠生產紋章瓷器的工廠。它還討論了英國紋章瓷器製造時機背後的原因。此外，本書評估了紋章瓷器作為當代歷史資料的價值。在作者之前的研究基礎上，本書將紋章瓷器呈現為一種獨特且高度個性化的產品。通過整合詳細的家譜研究、文化見解和化學分析，提供了對紋章瓷器在遺產、文化和科學背景下的全面理解。

Professor Howell G.M. Edwards M.A., B.Sc., D. Phil., C.Chem., FRSC

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: Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains: A Scientific Reappraisal, Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains: An Analytical Perspective, Porcelain to Silica Bricks: The Extreme Ceramics of William Weston Young, 1776-1847, 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", (with Philippe Colomban and Peter Vandenabeele, Springer, 2023) and Welsh Armorial Porcelains: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China, published by Springer Publishing, Dordrecht, The Netherlands and two specialist texts, namely: The Pendock-Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation (with R Denyer and M Denyer, 2023) and The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain (2023). He has also produced several monographs: 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 and Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years, 1780-1830. Howell Edwards is Honorary Scientific Adviser to the de Brecy Trust on the scientific evaluation of their artworks and paintings.

Rachel Denyer MA, MBCS

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 & 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 A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 - 1940). She was a contributing author to The Billingsley Collection including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport, published in 2019. She has a strong interest in genealogical research and social history, and published A Cocken Family History: The Descendants of William Cocken (born c1695) to 1920, in 2020. A specialist interest in the history and development of food preparation and presentation, dining and social entertaining led to 1900s Store Cupboard Recipes for Cakes & Biscuits published in 2021. She was a co-author of The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation, published in 2023.

Professor Howell G.M. Edwards M.A., B.Sc., D. Phil., C.Chem., FRSC

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: Swansea and Nantgarw Porcelains: A Scientific Reappraisal, Nantgarw and Swansea Porcelains: An Analytical Perspective, Porcelain to Silica Bricks: The Extreme Ceramics of William Weston Young, 1776-1847, 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", (with Philippe Colomban and Peter Vandenabeele, Springer, 2023) and Welsh Armorial Porcelains: Nantgarw and Swansea Crested China, published by Springer Publishing, Dordrecht, The Netherlands and two specialist texts, namely: The Pendock-Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation (with R Denyer and M Denyer, 2023) and The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain (2023). He has also produced several monographs: 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 and Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years, 1780-1830. Howell Edwards is Honorary Scientific Adviser to the de Brecy Trust on the scientific evaluation of their artworks and paintings.

Rachel Denyer MA, MBCS

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 & 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 A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 - 1940). She was a contributing author to The Billingsley Collection including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport, published in 2019. She has a strong interest in genealogical research and social history, and published A Cocken Family History: The Descendants of William Cocken (born c1695) to 1920, in 2020. A specialist interest in the history and development of food preparation and presentation, dining and social entertaining led to 1900s Store Cupboard Recipes for Cakes & Biscuits published in 2021. She was a co-author of The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service: A Forensic Evaluation, published in 2023.

Morgan C. T. Denyer BSc, PhD

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: Charles Horner: Short Guides (2016); William Billingsley - the Enigmatic Porcelain Artist, Decorator and Manufacturer (2016); Nantgarw Porcelain - The Pursuit of Perfection (2017); Swansea Porcelain - the Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn (2017); Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years,1780-1830 (2018); A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 - 1949). Morgan combines working in the antiques trade with a role as a Visiting Lecturer at The University of Bradford.

教授霍威爾·G.M.·愛德華茲 M.A., B.Sc., D. Phil., C.Chem., FRSC

霍威爾·愛德華茲是布拉德福德大學分子光譜學的名譽教授。他在牛津大學的耶穌學院學習化學，並在完成文學士和理學士學位後，於牛津大學攻讀拉曼光譜學的博士學位，隨後成為劍橋大學耶穌學院的研究員。他以結構和無機化學講師的身份加入布拉德福德大學，並成為化學與法醫科學系的系主任，於1996年獲得分子光譜學的個人講座。他在光譜學領域獲得多項國際獎項（包括哈羅德·湯普森爵士獎、查爾斯·曼獎、伊曼紐爾·博里基獎章、諾曼·謝帕德獎），並發表了近1400篇有關拉曼光譜學和材料特徵化的研究論文，還出版了六本關於這一分析技術在藝術、考古學和法醫科學應用的書籍。他對威廉·比林斯利的瓷器有著終身的興趣，特別是來自德比、南加爾和斯旺西工廠的瓷器，並撰寫了七本有關瓷器的書籍：《斯旺西和南加爾瓷器：科學再評估》、《南加爾和斯旺西瓷器：分析視角》、《瓷器到矽磚：威廉·韋斯頓·楊的極端陶瓷，1776-1847》、《18世紀和19世紀瓷器分析：法醫來源評估》、《瓷器分析及其在陶瓷標本法醫歸屬中的角色》、《文化遺產保護中的拉曼光譜學》（與菲利普·科隆班和彼得·范登阿比爾合著，施普林格，2023年）以及《威爾士紋章瓷器：南加爾和斯旺西的徽章瓷》，由施普林格出版，荷蘭多德雷赫特，還有兩本專業著作：《彭多克-巴里瓷器服務：法醫評估》（與R·丹耶和M·丹耶，2023年）和《法恩利霍爾服務：南加爾瓷器中的獨特幸存者》（2023年）。他還撰寫了幾本專題著作：《威廉·比林斯利 - 神秘的瓷器藝術家、裝飾家和製造商；南加爾瓷器（與M.D. 丹耶合著） - 追求完美；斯旺西瓷器 - 路易斯·迪爾溫的鴨蛋透光視野》和《德比瓷器：黃金年代，1780-1830》。霍威爾·愛德華茲是德·布雷西信託的榮譽科學顧問，負責對其藝術品和畫作進行科學評估。

瑞秋·丹耶 M.A., MBCS

瑞秋·丹耶擁有來自北威爾士大學學院（班戈，格溫內德）的歷史學位。自畢業以來，她在資訊科技領域展開了職業生涯。她是於2010年成立的彭羅斯古董有限公司的共同創辦人，專注於英國和威爾士的陶瓷、銀器和家具。2014年至2018年間，她是玫瑰古董博覽會的四位董事之一，該博覽會在約克舉辦專業的年度古董展。2018年，她獲得藝術史碩士學位，並發表了研究成果《一個世紀的藝術：克利瑟羅藝術家以利亞和弗雷德里克·考索恩（1843 - 1940）》。她是《比林斯利收藏，包括德比、平克斯頓、伍斯特、斯旺西、南加爾和煤港》（2019年出版）的貢獻作者。她對家譜研究和社會歷史有濃厚的興趣，並於2020年出版了《科肯家族歷史：威廉·科肯（約1695年出生）至1920年的後裔》。對食品準備和呈現、用餐和社交娛樂的歷史和發展的專業興趣促使她於2021年出版《1900年代儲藏櫃蛋糕和餅乾食譜》。她是《彭多克·巴里瓷器服務：法醫評估》（2023年出版）的共同作者。