Welsh ceramicist watercolours expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auction

Welsh ceramicist watercolours expected to fetch up to £25,000 at auctionImage gallerySkip image galleryImage source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, Young lived in the Neath Valley and painted Welsh nature, depicting scientifically accurate birds and botanical specimens on to clayImage source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, He was one of the defining figures in Welsh ceramics and was best known for his work at the Cambrian Pottery and Nantgarw China WorksImage source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, Young, was an accomplished artist, inventor and entrepreneur and the accidental inventor of the modern blast-furnace brick, and died in 1847Image source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, Rogers Jones Auctioneers are selling Young's original working drawings for his celebrated porcelainImage source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, Auctioneer Ben Rogers Jones says Young's name carries "real weight" among collectors of Welsh ceramics, but his original watercolours "rarely appear on the market"Image source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, The album of original bird watercolours are expected to fetch up to £25,000Image source, Rogers Jones Auctioneers/PA WireImage caption, The collection will be sold on 27 July in Cardiff1 of 7Previous imageNext imageSlide 1 of 7, A watercolor painting of a large bird on a tree branch., Young lived in the Neath Valley and painted Welsh nature, depicting scientifically accurate birds and botanical specimens on to clayEnd of image galleryByDanielle HerbertBBC WalesPublished1 hour agoA series of watercolours by a Welsh ceramicist are to go under the hammer at auction.An album of original bird watercolours by William Weston Young are expected to fetch up to £25,000.Young, who died in 1847, was one of the defining figures in Welsh ceramics and was best known for his work at the Cambrian Pottery and Nantgarw China Works.He was an...