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Show The Aristocracy of Porcelain. TlIE chances are that hidden in tho garret of some New England farmhouse, farm-house, dating from Colonial or Uevo-lutioiniry Uevo-lutioiniry times, there may still be found many specimens of Old Coalp"drt-Swahea or Nnntgilrrow ware. These wares are eagoily sought by dealers and collectors of early English porcclaius. At Goalport or IJolebrOok Dale a certain John Rose manufactured porcelain as early as 17f0 Iu 179!) the Mcf-Ra ld About nd7 A.bouti7?0 .boot SWANSEA 1Pp 170 Jy ' , . , M&i-k used. .Swnse NMk m Red. About ieir Caughley works were built nnd white wares made a bpoclalty. In lS'JO the Swansea ilnd NantgarrOw factories were Incorporated with Goalport. Billingslcy, a celebrated painter of roses, was employed and worked at Coal-pdrt Coal-pdrt till his r.odth In 1S2S. About 1S21 was introduced a ground of maroon color which was nbcd sometimes in bands around cups and saucers, Replicns of DroKdnn. Chelsea. Sevres and other fac tories were pioduced, on which the murks wore albo copied. Small sprig patterns' known as "The-Wound Sprig" add "Tournay Sprig" arc frequent on Coul-port Coul-port hdrcelrtln. George Ilrt.fnes- esthblished the Swansea Swan-sea pottery abodt 17."0. About lSOO "oi(aque china" wad brought Out, and much of it was decorated by W. V. Young, wiio painted birds, butterflies' and shells. In 1S17 a very Gne soft paste was pro: dticell. decorated with Uowem. insects; untiit-nl history und oilier subjects'. About lS20 the works were removed tb Co.il-port. Co.il-port. The mark "Swansea" wns stamped In the clay. Afterward it was paiuted iii( red, somctinu'S with the addition of ode, or two Iridenls. i Abotil !Si:i Billingsley, tho flower) painter, started a porcelain factory" at Nantgnrrow, in Wales. Vases of beau-l tiiul form, plaques and services decorated with llowers nnd birds nnd insects oiii tinted groundn were made at this fnctory.i A frequent dw:orat)on was, a centre Bwcelbriar rose, with a border covered! with trefoil?. The works were transferred trans-ferred Id Goalport In 1S20. R. K. Briinuer. Marcollnl was a Drfcs-. den director about 17I)R. and his name appears ap-pears ou somi' pieces. j M. E. Keller. J. J. on Sevres means that the piece wns made in 17S7. I |