Ceramics in America 2002 (Ceramics in America Annual)

Thông tin sách: Ceramics in America 2002 (Ceramics in America Annual) (Paperback, 308 trang) – Chipstone Foundation, 2002. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, scholarly interest in ceramics is at an all-time high. As a vehicle for much-needed synthesis, Ceramics in America is an interdisciplinary annual journal that examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. Intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians and contemporary potters, every issue features a variety of ground-breaking scholarly articles, new discoveries in the field, and book and exhibition reviews for this diverse audience.Table of ContentsA Pot Potpourri - Ivor Nol HumeScratched in Clay: Seventeenth-Century North Devon Slipware at Jamestown, Va.- Merry Abbitt OutlawAntique Porcelain 101: A Primer on the Chemical Analysis and Interpretation of Eighteenth-Century British Wares - J. Victor OwenParian Porcelain Statuary: American Sculptors and the Introduction of Art in American Ceramics - Ellen Paul DenkerAnd Freedom To The Slave: Antislavery Ceramics, 17871865 - Sam MargolinThe Very Man for the Hour: The Toussaint L'Ouverture Portrait Pitcher - Jonathan Prown, Glenn Adamson, Katherine Hemple Prown, and Robert HunterCeramics from the Edward Rumney/Stephen West Tavern, London Town, Maryland, Circa 1725 - Al LuckenbachRichard Schalck, Stoneware Potter of Marblehead, Massachusetts - Robert F. TrentBrown Mugs and Jugs: A Personal Foray into the Field of Collecting - James Glenn New DiscoveriesLa Vega Cermica Indo-Hispano Lloyd PlateCanns- Merry Abbitt OutlawA Cache of Eighteenth-Century Flowerpots in Williamsburg - William Pittman and Robert HunterThe American Foundation of the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, 17451784 - Stephen E. PatrickTwo Eighteenth-Century Vanity Plates - Joyce HanesAmerican Export Wares Excavated in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent - Jonathan GoodwinArchaeology at the United States Pottery Company Site in Bennington, Vermont - Catherine ZusyThe Search Continues: New Insights into Old EdgeWeld Folk Potters - Mark M. NewellBombs Away!: Unearthing a Cache of Terra Cotta Practice Bombs from the First World War - Richard Veit and Mark NonestiedBook ReviewsWomen and Ceramics: Gendered Vessels, Moira Vincentelli - Rita P. WrightMaiolica in the North: The Archaeology of Tin-Glazed Earthenware in North-West Europe c. 15001600, David Gaimster, ed. - Ivor Nol HumeThe Limehouse Porcelain Manufactory: Excavations at 108-116 Narrow Street, London, 1990, Kieron Tyler and Roy Stephenson, with J. Victor Owen and Christopher Phillpotts - Robert HunterAdams Ceramics: Staffordshire Potters and Pots, 17791998, David A. Furniss, J. Richard Wagner, and Judith Wagner - Teresita MajewskiCountry Pottery: Traditional Earthenware of Britain, Andrew McGarva - Greg ShoonerImagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning, Regina Lee Blaszczyk- Amy C. Earls From the Publisher 8 1/2 x 11 trim. 350 color illus. About the Author Robert Hunter is an archaeologist and ceramics historian ­living in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.