"I SAW THREE SHIPS..." - THE SHIP AND RELATED PRINTS USED AT THE SWANSEA POTTERY - A REASSESSMENT

"I SAW THREE SHIPS..." - THE SHIP AND RELATED PRINTS USED AT THE SWANSEA POTTERY - A REASSESSMENT

Lecturer: Jonathan Gray, Honorary Research Fellow at the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

Description: Jonathan’s lecture considers the range of ship prints used at the Swansea Pottery and provides a revised timescale for their introduction and development. Related prints - some found together with the ship prints - will also be discussed.

Our Speaker: Jonathan is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, focusing on the ceramic output from South Wales 1764-1934. He is also the meetings secretary for the English Ceramic Circle. Jonathan has written extensively on Welsh Ceramics, and published The Cambrian Company, Swansea Pottery in London 1806-1808 in 2012. He is currently finalising a book on the Art Potter Horace Elliott who was active 1880-1934 and had wares made at Ewenny near Bridgend in South Wales. Jonathan is an active member of the TCC - he presented to the group at the 2011 Baltimore meeting on Swansea's Printed Wares - A Re-assessment. His lecture is available in article form on the TCC website, read the paper.