The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service (PDF)

Trust on the scientific evaluation of their artworks and paintings.




Rachel Denyer read History at The University College of North Wales in Bangor, Gwynedd. Since graduating she has worked in IT at a number of blue-chip companies before setting up her own Quality Assurance consultancy. Rachel is a co-founder of Penrose Antiques Ltd, established 2010, which specialises in English & Welsh ceramics, silverware and furniture. Between 2014 - 2018 she was one of four Directors of Rose Antiques Fairs, which organised a specialist annual antiques fair in York. In 2016, she began studying Art History and was awarded a Masters degree in 2018. Her research led to the publication A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (1843 - 1940). She was a contributing author to The Billingsley Collection including Derby, Pinxton, Worcester, Swansea, Nantgarw and Coalport, published in 2019. She has a strong interest in genealogical research and social history, and published A Cocken Family History: The Descendants of William Cocken (born c1695) to 1920, in 2020. A specialist interest in the history and development of food preparation and presentation, dining and social entertaining led to 1900s Store Cupboard Recipes for Cakes & Biscuits published in 2021.



Dr Morgan Denyer was born in Yeovil, Somerset and was brought up in Carmarthenshire, South West Wales. He was educated at The University College of North Wales Bangor, Gwynedd, where he gained a BSc in Zoology and PhD in Neuroscience. He then worked as a Research Scientist at The University of Glasgow and as a Research Fellow at RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Wako, Saitama, Japan before becoming a Lecturer at The University of Bradford. During this time, Morgan published over 60 peer reviewed papers and patents. In 2010, he co-founded Penrose Antiques Ltd and later co-founded Rose Antiques Fairs. Morgan has published a number of works as author or editor, including: Charles Horner: Short Guides (2016); William Billingsley - the Enigmatic Porcelain Artist, Decorator and Manufacturer (2016); Nantgarw Porcelain - The Pursuit of Perfection (2017); Swansea Porcelain - the Duck-Egg Translucent Vision of Lewis Dillwyn (2017); Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years,1780-1830 (2018); A Century of Art: Clitheroe Artists Elijah and Frederick Cawthorne (18473 - 1940) (2019). Morgan combines working in the antiques trade with a role as an Assistant Professor at The University of Bradford.