The 2011 volume of Ceramics in America features an important review of the ceramic works of Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei, and a seminal study of the so-called Chinese Scholar pattern that appears on late seventeenth-century tin-glazed earthenware. Other important topics include Morgantown, West Virginia, stoneware, Thomas Commeraw's oyster jars, the States Border Series by James and Ralph Clews, and archaeologically recovered ceramics from Maryland and New Hampshire. In addition, ten important new discoveries in the ceramic field are presented, along with scholarly...
The 2011 volume of Ceramics in America features an important review of the ceramic works of Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei, and a se...
Sir Robert Hunter (1844 1913) became a leading legal authority on common land. As solicitor to the Commons Preservation Society, where he first met Octavia Hill, he was instrumental in saving Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest and the New Forest for the nation, and he developed the principles of protection upon which the National Trust would be founded. First published in 1896, and informed by a lifetime of experience, this work was devised specifically to instruct 'those who are interested in preserving the open lands of the country'. Covering iconic English landscapes ranging from cliff tops to...
Sir Robert Hunter (1844 1913) became a leading legal authority on common land. As solicitor to the Commons Preservation Society, where he first met Oc...
Now in its thirteenth year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters. Of particular note this year is an updated biography of Edgefield, South Carolina, master potter Thomas Chandler. Another Edgefield topic--the origins and cultural uses of the face vessel--will surely intrigue social historians and collectors. Presented for the first time is a...
Now in its thirteenth year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American...