ALL THE BEST FROM LIVERPOOL:  LIVERPOOL TRADE AND CERAMICS
 
SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES
1998 SYMPOSIUM & BUS TRIPS
October 30 - November 1 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
 
SPNEA's annual symposium will explore the trade between Liverpool aNd New
England from 1750 to 1860, focusing on ceramics imported to Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.  The symposium ties in with the popular ceramics exhibition
Treasure to Trash/Trash to Treasure, on view at fifteen historic houses in
the Piscataqua region.  Employing written records, archaeological remains,
and surviving ceramics, the exhibit reveals a far broader trade than ever
suspected, as demonstrated by the records of one early 19th-century
importer, who listed orders of over ninety thousand tea and dinner wares.
 
Friday, October 30, lOAM - 4 PM TRIP TO YORK, MAINE
This tour will visit a private ceramics collection and two of the fifteen
house museums in the Portsmouth, NH, area displaying sections of the
exhibition Treasure to Trash/Trash to Treasure. The day-long trip will
begin with a tour and luncheon at a private collection in Kittery Point,
followed by tours of SPNEA's circa 1718 Sayward-Wheeler House and the
Emerson Wilcox House, both in York. Leaves from Portsmouth. Space limited.
$50 M, $60 NM, $40 students (includes lunch)
 
Friday, October 30. Refreshments at 5 PM followed by Lecture at 6 PM
LECTURE: English Delft and the Liverpool Connection.  John C. Austin,
Curator Emeritus of Ceramics and Glass, Colonial Williamsburg, will discuss
the creation, use, and trade of English Delftware. The lecture will take
place at Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, Little Harbor Road, Portsmouth, NH.
Free
 
Saturday, October 31, 9AM- 3 PM ABBOTT LOWELL CUMMINGS SYMPOSIUM:  All the
Best from Liverpool: Liverpool Trade and Ceramics.
The day-long symposium will include presentations of research by leading
authorities. The roster of internationally recognized ceramics historians
and their topics will include Patricia Halfpenny, Winterthur Museum, as
introductory speaker; Robin Emmerson, Liverpool Museum, on the influence of
Herculaneum; S. Robert Teitelman, on transfer-printed wares; Carl Crossman
on the China Trade; and Louise Richardson and Carl Crossman on ware from
the Neale factory.  The symposium will take place at the Courtyard by
Marriott, 1000 Market Street, Portsmouth, N.H.
$65 M, $75 NM, $45 students (includes lunch) Following the symposium,
participants are invited to cocktail parties at the homes of Carl Crossman
and  antiques  dealer  Ron Bourgeault.
 
Sunday, November 1, 10AM-l PM TOUR OF PORTSMOUTH, N.H.
This tour of some of the Treasure to Trash/ Trash to Treasure exhibits will
be led by exhibition  curators  Carl Crossman  and Louise Richardson.
Participants begin at Strawbery Banke Museum, site of over 20 years of
archaeological discoveries that became the core of Treasure to Trash/Trash
to Treasure. After brief lectures, the group will visit the 1763
Moffatt-Ladd House, then visit  two  SPNEA houses: the Governor Langdon
House, built for merchant and patriot leader John Langdon in 1784; and
Rundlet-May House, built by merchant James Rundlet in 1807.
$40 M, $50 NM, $30 students (includes lunch)
 
Special Weekend Package $150 M, $185 NM, $110 students.  Includes symposium
and all tours.
 
For further information and to register, please call (617) 227-3957, ext. 271.