The Nantgarw Porcelain Cup: Wales’ Earliest Modern Sporting Artefact?

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we bring together two Andrews. One is Andrew Hignell, curator of the museum of welsh cricket and Andrew Renton who is ex-curator at Amgueddfa Cymru, The National Museum of Wales. Together, they tell the story of a small china cup that was made at the Nantgarw China works at some time between 1820 and 1822. The dates here are important because the artefact may be the earliest known sporting artefact in Wales. It depicts a cricketing scene and was decorated by a well known artist who had made a living painting china and porcelain. His name was Thomas Pardoe. Andrew Renton makes mention of several places in South Wales where you can see examples of and learn about the porcelain industry in south wales. Below you will find linkes to these places: The Nantagrw China Works Museum: https://www.visitwales.com/attraction/historic-site/nantgarw-china-works-museum-2169291 The National Museum of Wales: https://www.gov.wales/national-museum-wales The Glyn Vivian Art Gallery https://www.glynnvivian.co.uk/ Swansea Museum: http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/ If you know of any further examples of this type of cricketing artefact you can contact Andrew Hignell at the Museum of Welsh Cricket on museum@glamorgancricket.co.uk or via the podcast on mwcpod1921@gmail.com