What is Japanware? Japanware is modelled on the look of varnished and lacquered decorative arts from the Far East. In the beginning of the 17th century the first attempts were made to imitate imported Oriental decorative objects. The look became extremely popular in the 18th century following the ‘Age of Discovery’ and the opening up […]
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Blaenavon Overview Blaenavon – Blaenafon is a small town at the top of the Afan Llwyd Valley in Torfaen, Wales. The town is set in a raw industrial landscape that inspired the writer Alexander Cordell and antiquarian Sir Richard Colt Hoare. Parts of the town and surrounding countryside form the ‘Blaenavon Industrial Landscape’. Blaenavon Industrial Lanscape
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Overview Pontypool – Pont-y-pŵl is a town in southeast Wales within the county borough of Torfaen. The Welsh name for the town, Pont-y-pŵl, stems from the word bridge ‘pont’ and pool ‘pwll’. It gets the word pool from a pool in the Afon Lwyd River which flows through the town. Pontypool is one of the
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