Ceramics in America 2001 (Ceramics in America Annual)

Book info: Ceramics in America 2001 (Ceramics in America Annual) (Paperback, 312 pages) – Chipstone Foundation, 2001. Language: English.

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 archeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historian and contemporary potters, this third 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 ContentsPotsherds and Pragmatism: One Collector's Perspective - Ivor Nol HumeMagical, Mythical, Practical, and Sublime: The Meanings and Uses of Ceramics in America - Ann Smart MartinEuropean Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example - Beverly StraubeThe Usual Classes of Useful Articles: Staffordshire Ceramics Reconsidered - David BarkerDots, Dashes, and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology - Michelle Erickson and Robert HunterSlip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization - Don Carpentier and Jonathan RickardHow Creamware Got the Blues: The Origins of China Glaze and Pearlware - George L. Miller and Robert HunterAmerican Queensware - The Louisville Experience, 1829-1837 - Diana and J. Garrison StradlingAn Adventure with Early English Pottery - Troy D. ChappellNEW DISCOVERIES Journey of Discovery: A Retrospective - Charlotte WilcoxenThe Double Dish Dilemma - Jacqueline Pearce and Beverly StraubeA Rediscovery at The New York Historical Society - Margaret K. HoferSeventeenth-Century Donyatt Pottery in the Chesapeake - Taft KiserAll in the Family: A Staffordshire Soup Plate and the American Market - Robert Hunter and George L. MillerIndustrial Pottery in the Old Edgefield District - Carl SteenA Spectacular Find at the Joseph Gregory Baynham Pottery Site - Mark M. NewellEnoch Wood Ceramics Excavated in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent - Catherine BanksA Warner House Search... - Joyce Geary VolkAnd the Find! - Louise RichardsonEighteenth-Century Stoneware Kiln of William Richards Found on the Lamberton Waterfront, Trenton, New Jersey - Richard HunterBOOK REVIEWSThe Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Leslie B. Grigsby, with contributions by Michael Archer, Margaret MacFarlane, and Jonathan Horne - John C. AustinJohn Dwight's Fulham Pottery, Excavations 1971-79, Chris Green - Norman F. BarkaI made this jar . . .”The Life and Works of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave, Jill Beute Koverman, editor - Meta F. JanowitzSpode's Willow Pattern and Other Designs After the Chinese, Robert Copeland - Patricia M. SamfordThe Liverpool Porcelain of William Reid: A Catalogue of Porcelain and Excavated Shards, Maurice Hillis and Roderick Jellicoe - Janine E. SkerryGodden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone, &Granite Wares, Geoffrey A. Godden, F.R.S.A - Jean WetherbeeA Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection, Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny - Elizabeth Gusler From the Inside Flap One need only read the names of the contributors to the first volume to realize that Ceramics in America certainly will be overflowing with facts and concepts critical to those researching the field of ceramics and their most important place in our culture. Thanks to the experience of its editor, Rob Hunter, this and the volumes to follow will be of the same high caliber as its companion publication, American Furniture, also produced by the Chipstone Foundation. John C. Austin, retired Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Tremendously exciting, with its groundbreaking articles and reviews by experts from both sides of the Atlantic. Its multidisciplinary scope will appeal to curators, collectors, archaeologists, and potters alike. Ceramics in America aims to set new standards for the publication of historical ceramics. David Gaimster, Curator, Department of Medieval and Modern Europe, British Museum

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.