Overview

The 2020 volume of Ceramics in America is a celebration of the depth and diversity of ceramics in the American context. Beautifully illustrated articles explore the use of clay from the most basic building bricks to refined earthenwares promoting the political and economic issues of the American Revolution. Of special interest is the origin of the ceramic manufacturing spark in America, looking at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia cited by historians and connoisseurs as the height of recognition of achievement for ceramic production in the United States. The archaeological discovery of rare “black delft” teapot fragments from Charleston’s Drayton Hall is recounted in an exciting collector’s narrative. Other articles will include a profile of North Carolina potter David Stuempfle who continues the old-age tradition of producing wood fired stoneware, a study of Thomas Jefferson’s Chinese porcelain, and Pueblo pottery collected by a German Museum in the early twentieth century.

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"""The 2020 volume of the annual Ceramics in America is well-researched and beautifully illustrated. Covering a vast range of decorative and functional ceramic works, this volume explores--through an interdisciplinary lens--works in clay that have become part of the historical and cultural fabric of the US. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and practitioners.""--R. Malmgren, formerly, Anne Arundel Community College ""CHOICE, September 2022 Vol. 60 No. 1"""

The 2020 volume of the annual Ceramics in America is well-researched and beautifully illustrated. Covering a vast range of decorative and functional ceramic works, this volume explores--through an interdisciplinary lens--works in clay that have become part of the historical and cultural fabric of the US. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and practitioners. --R. Malmgren, formerly, Anne Arundel Community College CHOICE, September 2022 Vol. 60 No. 1

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Robert Hunter is an archaeologist and ceramics historian -living in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

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