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The influence of William Billingsley and his objective of creating the world’s finest porcelain at the Nantgarw China Works on William Weston Young: the support of Young for Billingsley at Nantgarw and the actions of Young following Billingsley’s departure for the Coalport China Works in 1820.
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Edwards, H.G.M. (2019). William Billingsley. In: Porcelain to Silica Bricks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10573-0_7
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