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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, organizer, host institution.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.), organizer, host institution.

Weber, Susan, 1954- editor.

Arbuthnott, Catherine, editor.

Briggs, Jo, editor.

Hughes, Eleanor, 1971- editor.

Martin, Earl (Earl James), 1974- editor.

Microulis, Laura, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Majolica, American--19th century--Exhibitions.

Majolica, American.

Majolica, English--19th century--Exhibitions.

Majolica, English.

Majolica, Victorian--United States--Exhibitions.

Majolica, Victorian.

Majolica, Victorian--England--Exhibitions.

Pottery, Victorian--Exhibitions.

England.

United States.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]

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.

Contents:

Volume 1

Introduction / Susan Weber

1. '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.

Notes:

"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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780300251043

0300251041

OCLC:

1143818056

Publisher Number:

99993856774