Ceramics in America 2005 (Ceramics in America Annual)

Book info: Ceramics in America 2005 (Ceramics in America Annual) (Paperback, 340 pages) – Chipstone Foundation, 2005. Language: English.

The 2005 issue of Ceramics in America features a diverse lineup of articles and new discoveries. Of particular interest are articles covering early American stoneware from Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia. Of interest to both ceramic collectors and social historians is an article reviewing ceramics related to the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin.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 of Butter For The Victims - George H. LukacsMaine's Early-Nineteenth-Century Barrell-Wood Family Jugs and the Remarkable Woman Who Made Them Great - S. Robert TeitelmanJohn Bacon: Prince of Stoneware Potters? - Ivor Nol HumeThe Destruction of the Benjamin DuVal Stoneware Manufactory, Richmond, Virginia - Robert Hunter and Marshall GoodmanRockett's Red Glare: J.P. Schermerhorn and the Early Richmond Stoneware Industry - Kurt C. Russ and W. Sterling SchermerhornDistinguishing Marks and Flowering Designs: Baltimore's Utilitarian Stoneware Industry - John E. KilleRediscovering the New Brunswick Stoneware Pottery, ca. 18621902 - Richard Veit and Judson M. KratzerThe Mansion Pottery - Barbara J. Gundy and Deborah CasselberryJ. Palin Thorely (18921987), Potter and Designer: Part I - John AustinNEW DISCOVERIES The Great Wall of Terra Cotta: A Surprising Ceramic Discovery in South Amboy, New Jersey - Mark Nonestied and Richard VeitPlayful Potting: A Miniature Tin-Glazed Earthenware Chair - Sarah Neale FayenTrifles from a Boston Collection - Donna CorbinThis Little Piggy Went to Virginia - Beverly A. StraubeWhat is What1914, Andrew Popp - Regina BlaszcszykFancy RockinghamStoneware Pottery of Eastern Virginia, 17201865,1930, Jane Perkins Claney - William C. Gates, Jr.Bernard Leach: Life and Work, Emmanuel Cooper - Garth ClarkA Great Deal of Stone : The Rockingham County, Virginia School of Folk Pottery, Jeffrey S. Evans and Scott Hamilton Suter - Kurt C. RussTwentieth Century Ceramics, Edmund de Waal - Tanya HarrodGifts from the Celestial Kingdom: A Shipwrecked Cargo for Gold Rush California, Thomas N. Layton - Amy C. EarlsThe Bedford Street Warehouse and the London China Trade, 17731796 California, Andrew P. Ledger - Anton GabsczewiczNorth Carolina Pottery: The Collection of the Mint Museums, Barbara Stone Perry, ed. - Stephen C. Compton Editorial Reviews From the Publisher 8 1/2 x 11 trim. 350 color 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.