Any chance they'll publish the papers afterwards?
Marybeth S.F. Tomka, M.A.
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Center for Archaeological Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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1. Wingerthur Ceramics conference focused on wares imported to America
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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:58:07 -0400
From: George Miller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Wingerthur Ceramics conference focused on wares imported to
America
The Annual Winterthur Museum Ceramics Conference is being held April 15
and
16th, 2010. The title of the conference is =93Success to America=94
with t=
he
focus on wares imported into the American market. Most of the papers
have =
a
good deal of relevance to those working with excavated assemblages. The
following papers should be of interest:
Pat Halfpenny, former Curator of Ceramics and Glass at Winterthur
=93Just imported in the latest vessels from England=94: Staffordshire
Potte=
ry &
Colonial America.=94
=93Success to America: Creamware for the American Market=94
Robin Emmerson, Head of Decorative Arts, National Museums, Liverpool,
England
=93Pots=94 from Liverpool and the Herculaneum Pottery=94
Ronald W. Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collection at Washington & Lee
University.
=93Ahoy! Ship Bowls in Pottery and Porcelain=94
Leslie Grigsby, Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Winterthur Museum
=93American Merchants Orders from Abroad.=94
Maurice Hillis, Researcher and Collector, Chester, England
=93Prints on Pots: The Invention & Development of Ceramic
Printing.=94
Maggie Lidz, Estate Historian, Winterthur Museum
=93Mr. du Pont=92s Ceramics from Abroad: Pagodas=94
In addition to the formal lectures there will be a demonstration of glue
ba=
t
printing by Paul Holdway. Bat printing is a process also known as black
printing and cold printing and is the process for printing on the glaze.
T=
he
earliest printing on ceramics was printed with glue bats and this
process
stopped being used over a century ago. Paul has spent his career as an
engraver for the Spode works in Stoke-on-Trent. He used historical
descriptions in combination of his knowledge as an engraver to recreate
the
bat printing process. There are photographs of him applying bat prints
to
wares in David Drakard and Paul Holdway=92s book *Spode Transfer Printed
Wa=
re
1784-1833*. I have seen this demonstration and it is very worthwhile in
gaining an understanding of overglaze printing of wares.
A series of workshops are also being presented. They are:
Robin Emmerson =93A Closer Look at Wedgwood=94
Maurice and Lyn Hillis =93Selections from 18th-century
English
Porcelain=94
Pat Halfpenny =93Underglaze Blue-Printed
Earthenware=94
Leslie Grigsby =93Ceramic Figures: Comparisons
an=
d
Contrasts.=94
The conference also included tours of the Winterthur Ceramics
Collections.
Winterthur Museum located on 5105 Kennett Pike, just outside Wilmington,
Delaware and further information can be obtained from Winterthur=92s
Information and Tours office at 800-448-3883.
Hope to see more archaeologists there.
Peace
George L. Miller
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