Bonnin and Morris: New Perspectives on
Philadelphia’s Role in the Production of Early American Porcelain
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Philadelphia Museum, Van Pelt Auditorium, main building, ground
floor
This symposium, sponsored by the Center for American Art and
Sotheby’s, explores the history of Bonnin & Morris's porcelain
and surviving wares, English precedents for this work, forms produced
at the factory, the recently discovered site of Bartlam’s porcelain
factory outside Charleston (which predates Bonnin & Morris’s
factory), and scientific analysis of the firm’s wares and saggars.
Raven
Mason Collection, Keele University, Staffordshire
The Raven Collection of Mason
ceramics is now housed within the Keele University campus. Admission is
only available to groups and strictly by appointment. All enquiries
should be made to Mrs Julie Kershaw: telephone 01782 584169; fax 01782
584422; j.kershaw@keele.ac.uk;
www.ravenmason.org.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Gallery closures. The top floor ceramics galleries are currently closed
until further notice. These comprise rooms 133-145, containing Islamic,
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Northern European, and British
Pottery, temporary displays of contemporary ceramics, British and
European porcelain, tiles, Far Eastern ceramics, and Chinese carvings.
For reopening of galleries check
www.vam.ac.uk.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The Ashmolean Museum is about to embark on a major rebuilding project
which will last until 2008. Many galleries of the Museum will
progressively close until that date. It is hoped to keep some of the
Museum galleries, mainly of European art and of ancient Egypt, open to
the public during these works.
The British and other European porcelain, most of the British and
European pottery, and most of the Classical and Eastern ceramics will be
unavailable to students or visitors during this period, although it is
hoped that some of the Italian maiolica and some of the English
delftware will remain accessible. The photographic service will also be
restricted during this period.
Intending visitors with interests in the European ceramic collections
should consult the Museum website (www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk), or get in touch
with Mrs Bridget Allen (Telephone: 01865 278042; bridget.allen@ashmus.ox.ac.uk)
to find out if any part of the collections they wish to see are
accessible. Some information on the Ashmolean ceramic collections is
available via Potweb -
http://www.potweb.ashmol.ox.ac.uk.
Brighton & Hove Museums
Brighton & Hove Museums’ Ceramic Study Centre - which
houses 1,800 English, European and Far Eastern ceramics in open storage
- is now able to receive visitors . Contact The Ceramic Study Centre,
Preston Manor, Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6SD, 01273 292 981,
ceramicsstudycentre@brighton-hove.gov.uk.
Recent & Forthcoming Publications
For the current number of the Transactions of the English Ceramic
Circle, click
here for the Publications Page.
The Elers: Their Clay and
Firing Practices
The above
paper by Dr Gordon Elliott was read to the English Ceramic Circle on
18th November 2006. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of this paper can
obtain it free of charge by sending a stamped addressed envelope to:
Dr Gordon Elliott,
Vallauris,
Clay Lake,
Endon,
Staffordshire
ST9 9BU
Orders for the book in
which the above paper appears, Aspects of
Ceramic History Vol. 1 may also be had from Mr
Elliott at the same address for £14.95 plus p&p within the UK of 98p.
Two further volumes of the book are in the course of preparation.
Catalogue of
the Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain at the Bowes Museum.
Editor: Howard
Coutts
. Complete description and photographs of every piece with measurements
and provenance. Distributed
by Marston Book Services, PO Box 269,
160 Milton Park, Abingdon, OXON, OX14 4YN. Tel: +44 (0)1235 465500 Fax:
+44 (0) 1235 5555. Orders:
trade@marston.co.uk,Enquiries:
trade.enq@marston.co.uk
Michael Berthoud and Richard
Maskell, A Directory of British Teapots,
Micawber Publications, 64 St. Mary’s Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire,
WV16 4DR or contact Reference Works, 9 Commercial Road, Swanage, Dorset,
BH19 1DF, 44 (0) 1929 424423, http://www.referenceworks.co.uk
£65
Gordon Bushnell, The Illustrated Guide
to 19th-century Coalport ‘Coalbrookdale’ Floral Encrusted Porcelain,
privately printed, £28, contact Reference Works, 9 Commercial Road,
Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1DF, 44 (0) 1929 424423,
http://www.referenceworks.co.uk
English
Ceramic Circle, Members' Loan Exhibition, 2006: 'British
Sauceboats 1720-1850', fully illustrated catalogue on CD, £11
incl. p+p. £6 members only direct from Felicity Marno at Stockspring
Antiques, 114 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BH, telephone and
fax: (44) (0) 20 7727 7995,
stockspring@antique-porcelain.co.uk,
Helen Espir,
European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain, 1700-1830,
Jorge Welsh Books, 116 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BH,
books@jorgewelsh.com,
£75
Jonathan Gray (ed.), Welsh Ceramics in
Context, Part 2 (articles on 18th century creamware and
pearlware, transfer-printing processes, the Cambrian Pottery under Coles
& Haynes, British ceramics in 18th c. America, early Swansea printed
earthenwares, natural history sources of design on Welsh ceramics, the
Bristol Pottery 1785 to 1835, Billingsley & his china artists 1796 to
1835, the development of Welsh porcelain bodies, the use of set pattern
decoration at the Swansea china works, the Swansea disaspora: the later
Careers of David Evans, Henry Morris and William Pollard, London and its
importance in the ceramic world, Dillwyn's Etruscan ware 1848-1850,
Llanelly pottery 1840-1922, the Ynsmeudwy Pottery 1845-1877, and the
Dillwyn diaries 1774-1872); contact Swansea Museum, + 44 (0) 1792
653763, fax + 44 (0) 1792 652585, softback £39.50. UK postage and
packing £5 per copy, overseas postage and packing £10 per copy. Swansea
Museum has a limited number of Part 1 and 2 available at the special
price of £55. Please contact Bernice Cardy at Swansea Museum for more
details.
Simon T. Gray, Glass Sellers and
Chinamen -- The Court in 1790, published by The Worshipful
Company of Glass Sellers, distributed by Reference Works, 9 Commercial
Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1DF, 44 (0) 1929 424423, http://www.referenceworks.co.uk,
£10 plus postage
Stephen Handscombe, James Giles, China and Glass Painter,
exhibition catalogue, 2005, contact Stockspring Antiques, 114 Kensington
Church Street, London W8 4BH, telephone and fax: (44) (0) 20 7727 7995,
stockspring@antique-porcelain.co.uk, £30 plus packing and postage
Ian Harvey,
Rathbone, China Manufacturers, Tunstall,
Staffordshire, 1808 to 1843, £45 plus p&p, published by the
author: contact iph@harvey27.demon.co.uk;
fax +44 (0)20 8788 7819
Peter Hyland, Herculaneum Pottery:
Liverpool's Forgotten Glory; National Museums Liverpool,
£18.50 + postage and packing (£3.50 UK, £5 Europe, or £10 air mail/£5
surface mail rest of world); contact NMGM Enterprises (Publications) 127
Dale Street, Liverpool L2 2JH, tel +44 (0) 151 478 4685, fax + 44 (0)
151 478 4024
John and Griselda Lewis,
Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief
decorated and underglaze coloured earthenware, 1780-1840,
revised edition, 2005, Antique Collectors' Club, £25
Northern Ceramic Society,
Journal Volume 22, 2205-2006.
Articles on West Pans, kiln design and innovation in tableware, Woods of
Brownhill, German creamware made by Dawson and Sowerbutts, Spode
bottanical decoration,l The China Club, Swinton pearlware, Bullers of
Hanley, W(***) and Whitehead, Gabrielle Koch, Ferrybridge and
Rockingham. Contact
http://www.northernceramicsociety.org/
Patricia Preller, New Hall Patterns of
the Hard Paste Period: Comparisons with Similar Patterns Used by
Contemporary Factories, privately published, available from
Reference Works, Swanage,
http://www.referenceworks.co.uk
Simon Spero (with a contribution by
Richard Burt), Lund's Bristol and Early
Worcester Porcelain, 1750-58: The A. J. Smith Collection,
privately published, Reference Works, 9 Commercial Road, Swanage,
Dorset, BH19 1DF, 44 (0) 1929 424423,
http://www.referenceworks.co.uk, £40
