Ceramics in America 2012
The 2012 volume of Ceramics in America presents wide-ranging articles on diverse ceramics topics. Of special note is an archaeological study of industrially produced Japanese ceramics from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that have been found on many archaeological sites in North America. An important history of the production of porcelain in Baltimore, Maryland, is presented in full color for the rst time. Ceramics recovered from a 1622 Spanish shipwreck and early Chinese porcelain found in Panama are among the signicant archaeological discoveries discussed. Of special note for collectors and scholars alike, American stoneware from Alexandria, Virginia, and Albany, New York, is presented in a series of beautifully illustrated articles.

This volume concludes with insightful scholarly reviews of six recently published ceramic books.
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Ceramics in America 2012
The 2012 volume of Ceramics in America presents wide-ranging articles on diverse ceramics topics. Of special note is an archaeological study of industrially produced Japanese ceramics from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that have been found on many archaeological sites in North America. An important history of the production of porcelain in Baltimore, Maryland, is presented in full color for the rst time. Ceramics recovered from a 1622 Spanish shipwreck and early Chinese porcelain found in Panama are among the signicant archaeological discoveries discussed. Of special note for collectors and scholars alike, American stoneware from Alexandria, Virginia, and Albany, New York, is presented in a series of beautifully illustrated articles.

This volume concludes with insightful scholarly reviews of six recently published ceramic books.
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The 2012 volume of Ceramics in America presents wide-ranging articles on diverse ceramics topics. Of special note is an archaeological study of industrially produced Japanese ceramics from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that have been found on many archaeological sites in North America. An important history of the production of porcelain in Baltimore, Maryland, is presented in full color for the rst time. Ceramics recovered from a 1622 Spanish shipwreck and early Chinese porcelain found in Panama are among the signicant archaeological discoveries discussed. Of special note for collectors and scholars alike, American stoneware from Alexandria, Virginia, and Albany, New York, is presented in a series of beautifully illustrated articles.

This volume concludes with insightful scholarly reviews of six recently published ceramic books.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780982772201
Publisher: Chipstone Foundation
Publication date: 12/31/2012
Series: Ceramics in America Annual
Pages: 212
Product dimensions: 11.20(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Editorial Statement - Robert Hunter
Introduction - Robert Hunter
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares from British Columbia - Douglas E. Ross
Early Chinese Porcelain Found in Panama - Linda Rosenfeld Pomper
A History of Baltimore Porcelain - Barbara Beem and Ken Beem
New Perspectives on Chinese Export Blue-and-White Canton Porcelain - Leslie Warwick and Peter Warwick
Ceramics from the Tortugas Shipwreck: A Spanish-Operated Navio of the 1622 Tierra Firme Fleet - Sean Kingsley, Ellen Gerth, and Michael Hughes
Ceramics from the 1813 Prize Brig Ann, Auctioned in Salem, Massachusetts: An Analysis - George L. Miller
Stone-ware of excellent quality, Alexandria manufacture”Part I: The Pottery of John Swann - Barbara H. Magid
The Stoneware of Early Albany: A Mystery Solved - Warren F. Hartmann
Paul Cushman: The Premier Albany Potter an His Stoneware - Paul Cushman
Book Reviews
Index

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