Majolica mania : transatlantic pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 / Susan Weber ; with Catherine Arbuthnott, Jo Briggs, Eleanor Hughes, Earl Martin, and Laura Microulis, editors.
"Published for the Bard Graduate Center, New York, and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, by Yale University Press, New Haven and London." "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Majolica Mania : Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915" -- title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
'A man could do very well if he could get a good glaze' : other American majolica manufacturers / Introduction / Laura Microulis and Susan Weber. 34. 'Low, vulgar, even barbarous' : majolica ; a historical overview / Paul Atterbury -- 2. Majolica : sources of inspiration / Rebecca Wallis -- 3. Prince Albert, South Kensington, and the Victorian taste for Renaissance Revival ceramic architectural decoration / Julius Bryant -- 4. 'The fearful malady of the clay' : working conditions in the nineteenth-century Staffordshire Potteries / Miranda Goodby -- 5. From teapots to flowerpots : the use of majolica in the Victorian home / Gaye Blake-Roberts and Susan Weber -- 6. Molding meaning : majolica in a Transatlantic context, from Cole to Haynes, from Ruskin to Eastlake / Jo Briggs -- 7. Promoting and selling modern majolica : a Victorian phenomenon / Martin P. Levy -- 8. The waxing and waning of taste for Victorian majolica : a case study / Ben Miller -- 9. Between marketplace and museum space : Edwin AtLee Barber, the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, and American majolica / Kathleen Eagen Johnson -- 10. Contemporary ceramics and majolica / Sequoia Miller -- Volume 2 -- 11. 'The productions of this firm stand pre-eminent' : The Minton Factory and majolica / Miranda Goodby -- 12. 'Flower vases in which one might rear an oak' : Minton Majolica at the international exhibitions / Susan Weber -- 13. The renaissance reimagined : Minton , majolica, and maiolica / Claire Blakey -- 14. The innovation and artistry of Wedgwood majolica / Gaye Blake-Roberts -- 15. Wedgwood majolica at the international exhibitions / Susan Weber -- 16. 'Acquisitions of 'the million'' : Majolica by John Adams & Co. and Adams & Bromley / Laura Microulis and Earl Martin -- 17. 'Quaint dragon vases... and other choice specimens of the Potter's Art' : Majolica by T.C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. / Laura Microulis -- 18. 'Of a high order of art' : George Jones majolica / Gaye Blake-Roberts -- 19. Cheerful, colorful, and unpretentious : Majolica by Wardle & Co. / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber, with Nicholaus Boston -- 20. 'Pure in taste and elegant in form' : the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company / Catherine Arbuthnott -- 21. 'Highly finished elegance' : Majolica by W.T. Copeland & Sons / Catherine Arbuthnott -- 22. 'The Minton of Longton' : Joseph Holdcroft's Sutherland Pottery / Susan Weber, with Nicholaus Boston -- 23. 'Powerful and unconventional' : majolica by William Brownfield & Son(s) / Catherine Arbuthnott, with Nicholaus Boston -- 24. Thomas Forester, the 'Potter King' of Longton / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber -- 25. 'Strikingly original' : majolica by Shorter & Boulton / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber -- 26. 'Something fresh must be constantly introduced' : majolica by Hackney, Kirkham & Co. and S. Fielding & Co. / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber -- 27. 'Bright colours, odd shapes, peculiar decorations are things most eagerly sought' : other British majolica manufacturers / Catherine Arbuthnott and Susan Weber -- Volume 3 -- 28. 'Here is a great many English people' : the migration of English potters to the United States / Miranda Goodby -- 29. Majolica at James Carr's New York City pottery / Caroline Hannah -- 30. Griffen, Smith & Hill Company's Etruscan majolica / Susan Weber -- 31. 'The colors are rich and often a trifle gaudy' : majolica made in Trenton, New Jersey / Laura Microulis -- 32. Beauty, utility, good value : majolica made in Baltimore, Maryland / Earl Martin -- 33. 'Crockery city' majolica : George Morley and the potteries of East Liverpool, Ohio / Laura Microulis -- 34. 'A man could do very well if he could get a good glaze' : other American majolica manufacturers / Laura Microulis and Susan Weber.
Summary:
"The first comprehensive study of one of the most significant innovations in nineteenth-century ceramics, this three-volume exhibition catalogue considers the principal designers and manufacturers of majolica, the ware's broad dissemination, and its ultimate decline within the social and cultural contexts of the Victorian era. 1008 pages; 1200 illustrations."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.