Full Description
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 historians 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.
Contents
"Home in the West": Staffordshire Potters and Their Emigration to America in the 1840s, Miranda Goodby; The Talbot Hotel Pit Group, Peter Williams and Garry Atkins; Meditations on a Chinese Musician, Graham Hood; The Potters and Pottery of Morgan's Town, Virginia: The Earthenware Years, 1790 to 1854, Don Horvath and Richard Duez; Swirls and Whirls: English Agateware Technology, Robert Hunter and Michelle Erickson; In the Philadelphia Style: the Pottery of Henry Piercy, Barbara H. Magld and Bernard K. Means; Fragile Lessons: Ceramic and Porcelain Representations of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Jill Weitzman Fenlchell
