Ceramics in America 2001 (Ceramics in America Annual),New

At the beginning of the twentyfirst century, scholarly interest in ceramics is at an alltime high. As a vehicle for much needed synthesis, Ceramics in America is an interdisciplinary annual journal that examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. Intended for collectors, historical archeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historian and contemporary potters, this third issue features a variety of groundbreaking scholarly articles, new discoveries in the field, and book and exhibition reviews for this diverse audience.Table of ContentsPotsherds and Pragmatism: One Collector's Perspective Ivor Nol HumeMagical, Mythical, Practical, and Sublime: The Meanings and Uses of Ceramics in America Ann Smart MartinEuropean Ceramics in the New World: The Jamestown Example Beverly StraubeThe Usual Classes of Useful Articles: Staffordshire Ceramics Reconsidered David BarkerDots, Dashes, and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology Michelle Erickson and Robert HunterSlip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization Don Carpentier and Jonathan RickardHow Creamware Got the Blues: The Origins of China Glaze and Pearlware George L. Miller and Robert HunterAmerican Queensware The Louisville Experience, 18291837 Diana and J. Garrison StradlingAn Adventure with Early English Pottery Troy D. ChappellNEW DISCOVERIES Journey of Discovery: A Retrospective Charlotte WilcoxenThe Double Dish Dilemma Jacqueline Pearce and Beverly StraubeA Rediscovery at The New York Historical Society Margaret K. HoferSeventeenthCentury Donyatt Pottery in the Chesapeake Taft KiserAll in the Family: A Staffordshire Soup Plate and the American Market Robert Hunter and George L. MillerIndustrial Pottery in the Old Edgefield District Carl SteenA Spectacular Find at the Joseph Gregory Baynham Pottery Site Mark M. NewellEnoch Wood Ceramics Excavated in Burslem, StokeonTrent Catherine BanksA Warner House Search... Joyce Geary VolkAnd the Find! Louise RichardsonEighteenthCentury Stoneware Kiln of William Richards Found on the Lamberton Waterfront, Trenton, New Jersey Richard HunterBOOK REVIEWSThe Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Leslie B. Grigsby, with contributions by Michael Archer, Margaret MacFarlane, and Jonathan Horne John C. AustinJohn Dwight's Fulham Pottery, Excavations 197179, Chris Green Norman F. BarkaI made this jar . . .The Life and Works of the Enslaved AfricanAmerican Potter, Dave, Jill Beute Koverman, editor Meta F. JanowitzSpode's Willow Pattern and Other Designs After the Chinese, Robert Copeland Patricia M. SamfordThe Liverpool Porcelain of William Reid: A Catalogue of Porcelain and Excavated Shards, Maurice Hillis and Roderick Jellicoe Janine E. SkerryGodden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone, &Granite Wares, Geoffrey A. Godden, F.R.S.A Jean WetherbeeA Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection, Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny Elizabeth Gusler