Screen LibraryMajolica mania : transatlantic pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 /
"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 c...
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: |
2021. ©2020 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| 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."-- |
| Item Description: |
"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. |
| Carrier Form: | 3 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300251043 0300251041 |
| Index Number: | NK4320 |
| CLC: | J537 |
| Call Number: | J537/M234 |
| Contents: |
Volume 1 -- Introduction / 'Low, vulgar, even barbarous' : majolica ; a historical overview / Majolica : sources of inspiration / Prince Albert, South Kensington, and the Victorian taste for Renaissance Revival ceramic architectural decoration / 'The fearful malady of the clay' : working conditions in the nineteenth-century Staffordshire Potteries / From teapots to flowerpots : the use of majolica in the Victorian home / Molding meaning : majolica in a Transatlantic context, from Cole to Haynes, from Ruskin to Eastlake / Promoting and selling modern majolica : a Victorian phenomenon / The waxing and waning of taste for Victorian majolica : a case study / Between marketplace and museum space : Edwin AtLee Barber, the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, and American majolica / Contemporary ceramics and majolica / Volume 2 -- 'The productions of this firm stand pre-eminent' : The Minton Factory and majolica / 'Flower vases in which one might rear an oak' : Minton Majolica at the international exhibitions / The renaissance reimagined : Minton , majolica, and maiolica / The innovation and artistry of Wedgwood majolica / Wedgwood majolica at the international exhibitions / 'Acquisitions of 'the million'' : Majolica by John Adams & Co. and Adams & Bromley / 'Quaint dragon vases... and other choice specimens of the Potter's Art' : Majolica by T.C. Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. / 'Of a high order of art' : George Jones majolica / Cheerful, colorful, and unpretentious : Majolica by Wardle & Co. / 'Pure in taste and elegant in form' : the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company / 'Highly finished elegance' : Majolica by W.T. Copeland & Sons / 'The Minton of Longton' : Joseph Holdcroft's Sutherland Pottery / 'Powerful and unconventional' : majolica by William Brownfield & Son(s) / Thomas Forester, the 'Potter King' of Longton / 'Strikingly original' : majolica by Shorter & Boulton / 'Something fresh must be constantly introduced' : majolica by Hackney, Kirkham & Co. and S. Fielding & Co. / 'Bright colours, odd shapes, peculiar decorations are things most eagerly sought' : other British majolica manufacturers / Volume 3 -- 'Here is a great many English people' : the migration of English potters to the United States / Majolica at James Carr's New York City pottery / Griffen, Smith & Hill Company's Etruscan majolica / 'The colors are rich and often a trifle gaudy' : majolica made in Trenton, New Jersey / Beauty, utility, good value : majolica made in Baltimore, Maryland / 'Crockery city' majolica : George Morley and the potteries of East Liverpool, Ohio / 'A man could do very well if he could get a good glaze' : other American majolica manufacturers / |