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Nantgarw porcelain plate, c. 1813-1822. The Nantgarw China Works was a porcelain factory, later making other types of pottery, located in Nantgarw on the eastern bank of the Glamorganshire Canal, 8 miles (13 km) north of Cardiff in the River Taff valley, Glamorganshire, Wales. The factory made porcelain of very high quality, especially in the ...
[9] A tin liner held the wine bottle or ice cream, and a cavity between the porcelain and the liner allowed for a mixture of salt and ice to chill the contents inside the liner. Ice cream coolers typically had porcelain lids and handles with motifs and cartouches depicting melting ice cream mixtures emanating from inside the cooler. [10]
When practicing preservation, one has several factors to consider in order to properly preserve a record: 1) the storage environment of the record, 2) the criteria to determine when preservation is necessary, 3) what the standard preservation practices are for that particular institution, 4) research and testing, and 5) if any vendor services ...
Swansea porcelain plate, from the Dynevor Service, c. 1817. Painting by William Pollard. Trade-card, 1806. The Cambrian Pottery was founded in 1764 by William Coles in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Frye used up to 45% bone ash in his formulation to create what he called "fine porcelain". [7] [9] Plate from Ronald Reagan's state service for the White House, by Lenox. Later, Josiah Spode in Stoke-on-Trent further developed the concept between 1789 and 1793, introducing his "Stoke China" in 1796.
Texas parents Temecia and Rodney Jackson are demanding the return of their newborn baby after she was taken by child protective services in Dallas last month following a home birth.
News of a newborn baby found dead in the front yard of a Fort Worth home begs the question of what options parents in crisis have. Yes, Texas mothers can legally surrender a baby under Safe Haven law.
The Mayfield–Gutsch Estate, now named Mayfield Park, is a historic cottage, gardens and nature preserve in west Austin, Texas on a bluff overlooking Lake Austin. Originally built in the 1870s, the cottage was purchased by former Texas Secretary of State Allison Mayfield in 1909.