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Object Name Billingsley William
Object Desc William Billingsley (1758–1828) was an influential painter of porcelain .
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Accession Date MAY 12,2014
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Date MAY 23,2014
Notes Billingsley was born in Derby in 1758. He was apprenticed at William Duesbury's Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Works where he learnt to be an outstanding painter of porcelain. Billingsley developed a distinctive style of flower painting, which involved using a loaded brush and then removing the colour using a dry brush. He was particularly associated with borders of roses with the prime example of the Prentice Plate. This plate was used in the Derby factories to show trainees the standard that was expected. The name of The Prentice Plate is a shortening of Apprentice Plate. Billingsley decided to leave Derby in 1796. He appears to have moved constantly and worked at a number of different potteries. First he went to Pinxton, a small village in Derbyshire, where he set up Pinxton porcelain with John Coke where he stayed until 1801. The factory itself continued until 1812 but its products are scarce. Billingsley's further moves took him to Mansfield and later at Torksey, Lincolnshire. Billingsley moved to Royal Worcester in 1808 where he was instrumental in the firm's refinements of its porcelain recipe. While at Royal Worcester Billingsley signed a contract preventing him from disclosing porcelain recipes, however no clause prohibited him from producing porcelain himself. In 1813 Billingsley, with Walker took his porcelain recipes and lifetime's experience in the indusry to Nantgarw. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Billingsley_(artist)