Ceramics in America 2013 - Ceramics in America Annual

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Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;'Ceramics in America' provides a much needed addition and new energy to the field of ceramics history. Biographical Note: ROBERT HUNTER is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, an archaeologist and ceramics historian living in Williamsburg, Virginia. Commendation Quotes: "This year's Ceramics in America is on the cutting edge of Southern material-culture scholarship and ceramics studies. It weaves the sherds of pots past with surviving vessels and documentary evidence to enrich our understanding of the field."Commendation Quotes: "Ceramics in America opens a window into most aspects of American life: public and private, imported and native, industrial and aesthetic, social and economic--and on all cultures betwixt and between."Commendation Quotes: "Ceramics in America is a highly important publication in the field of ceramics research. Always stunningly produced, it can be counted on to provide the latest research into a variety of topics that impact our understanding of ceramics production and consumption in America."Table of Contents: Editorial Statement - Robert HunterIntroduction - Robert HunterAfrican-American Face Vessels: History and Ritual in 19th-Century Edgefield - Claudia A. Mooney, April L. Hynes, and Mark M. NewellFrom Baltimore to the South Carolina Backcountry: Thomas Chandler's Influence on 19th Century Stoneware - Philip Wingard"Stone-ware of excellent quality, Alexandria manufacture" Part II: The Pottery of B. C. Milburn - Barbara H. Magid Waylande Gregory: Science and Ceramics - Thomas C. FolkA Hole in One? or, In Search of Piggy Banks and Christmas Boxes - Ivor Noel HumeMoney Boxes: The London Evidence - Jacqui PearceEnglish and Continental Delft at Temple Newsam House, Leeds - Diana EdwardsBonnin & Morris: Reading between the Lines - Diana StradlingThe Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley - Kurt C. Russ, Robert Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall GoodmanBook ReviewsIndexPublisher Marketing: 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.

Contributor Bio:  Hunter, Robert ROBERT HUNTER is a specialist in American and English ceramics with twenty years of professional experience in historical archaeology excavating Colonial British sites throughout Virginia and North Carolina. He is a partner in Period Designs, an innovative firm specializing in the reproduction of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century decorative arts.