Ceramics in America 2003 [Paperback]

The third issue of the now-celebrated interdisciplinary annual journal from the Chipstone Foundation http://www.chipstone.org/ 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.This volume features articles on chamber pots, the Talbot Hotel Pit group, terracotta gravemarkers from New Jersey and New York, Staffordshire potters and their emigration to America in the 1840s, the pottery of Henry Piercy, the potters and pottery of Morgan's Town, Virginia, ceramic and porcelain representations of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Long Island Redware, and the ceramics of Lucio Fontana.In addition to heavily-illustrated articles by noted American and British ceramic scholars and a private American collector profile, this issue contains New Discoveries edited by Merry A. Outlaw, Book Reviews and a Checklist of Articles and Books edited by Amy C. Earls, and an Index.A diverse range of essays, new discoveries and book reviews on the latest research for interest to ceramic scholars.Our Home in the West: Staffordshire Potters and Their Emigration to America in the 1840s - Miranda GoodbyHighlights in the Development of the Rockingham and Yellow Ware Industry in the United States--A Brief Review with Representative Examples - Arthur F. GoldbergIn the Philadelphia Style: The Pottery of Henry Piercy - Barbara H. Magid and Bernard K. MeansSwirls and Whirls: English Agateware Technology - Michelle Erickson and Robert HunterThe Talbot Hotel Pit Group - Peter WilliamsThrough the Lookinge Glasse: or, the Chamber Pot as a Mirror of Its Time - Ivor Nol HumeTaken for Granite: Terracotta Gravemarkers from New Jersey and New York - Richard Veit and Mark NonestiedMeditations on a Chinese Musician - Graham HoodInformed Conjecture: Collecting Long Island Redware - Anthony W. Butera, Jr.NEW DISCOVERIESA Coxon Waster Deposit of the Mid-1860s, Sampled in Trenton, lC