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This antique work contains a comprehensive treatise on Pontypool and Usk japanned wares, with the early history of the iron and tinplate industries of Pontypool. Complete with detailed information on each piece and profusely illustrated, this is a text that will be of much value to those with an interest in japanned goods, and it makes for a wonderful addition to collections of antique literature of this ilk. The chapters of this volume include: 'The Early Pontypool Ironworks', 'Early Tinplating at Pontypool', 'The Origin of Japanning in England', 'The Pontypool Japan Works', 'The Usk Japan Works', 'The Secret of Pontypool Japanning', 'The Pontypool Japanned Wares', 'The Usk Japanned Wares', 'Other Japanned Materials', and 'The Pontypool Ode of 1799'. We are proud to republish this antiquarian book here complete with a new introduction on metal work.