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"Now in its fourteenth year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters. The 2014 volume of Ceramics in America will feature a series of 10 essays by ceramic specialists who are widely recognized in their respective fields of expertise. Each essay will examine 10 objects that are of particular significance to the author. In addition, other experts have been asked to contribute annotated bibliographies of their most significant reference works. A partial list of essays The ""X"" Project: Ceramics in America 2014 I-Porcelain by John Austin • The Ceramic Vessel in 20th-Century Art by Garth Clark • Hot Bodies, Cool Glazes: American China Painting In Two Centuries by Ellen Paul Denker • A Curator's 10 - Ceramics from the Newark Museum by Ulysses Dietz • ""A History of Chinese Export Porcelain in Ten Objects"" by Ron Fuchs • An English Pottery Dealer's Triumphs and Tribulations by Jonathan Horne • Specializing in the Diverse: A Ceramic Journey in 10 Objects by Robert Hunter • 10 Ceramics Objects from the Nation's Attic/Smithsonian by Bonnie Lilienfeld • The Ten Commandments by Ivor Noël Hume • London's ceramic history in ten pots by Jacqui Pearce"

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With gorgeous illustrations and keen insights from leading ceramic historians, collectors, and archaeological colleagues, Ceramics in America is truly the sort of treasure that archaeologists seek. --Mary C. Beaudry, Department of Archaeology, Boston University

Ceramics in America is a highly important publication in the field of ceramics research. Always stunningly produced, it can be counted on to provide the latest research into a variety of topics that impact our understanding of ceramics in America. --Suzanne R. F. Hood, Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Each year Ceramics in America opens a window on most aspects of American life: public and private, imported and native, industrial and aesthetic, social and economic--and on all cultures betwixt and between. --Philip Zea, President, Historic Deerfield, Inc., With gorgeous illustrations and keen insights from leading ceramic historians, collectors, and archaeological colleagues, Ceramics in America is truly the sort of treasure that archaeologists seek. --Mary C. Beaudry, Department of Archaeology, Boston University, Antiques and Arts Weekly Ceramics in America is a highly important publication in the field of ceramics research. Always stunningly produced, it can be counted on to provide the latest research into a variety of topics that impact our understanding of ceramics in America. Suzanne R. F. Hood, Curator of Ceramics and Glass, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Each year Ceramics in America opens a window on most aspects of American life: public and private, imported and native, industrial and aesthetic, social and economic and on all cultures betwixt and between. Philip Zea, President, Historic Deerfield, Inc. With gorgeous illustrations and keen insights from leading ceramic historians, collectors, and archaeological colleagues, Ceramics in America is truly the sort of treasure that archaeologists seek. Mary C. Beaudry, Department of Archaeology, Boston University This milestone volume pays tribute and honors accomplishment. It marks the publication of the fourteenth issue in the esteemed Ceramics in America series. . . . To celebrate this achievement, editor Rob Hunter seized upon the brilliant idea of inviting major figures in the field of ceramics study to pen thematic essays highlighting the significance of ten objects with particular meaning to them. -- Antiques and Arts Weekly -This milestone volume pays tribute and honors accomplishment. It marks the publication of the fourteenth issue in the esteemed Ceramics in America series. . . . To celebrate this achievement, editor Rob Hunter seized upon the brilliant idea of inviting major figures in the field of ceramics study to pen thematic essays highlighting the significance of ten objects with particular meaning to them.---Antiques and Arts Weekly This milestone volume pays tribute and honors accomplishment. It marks the publication of the fourteenth issue in the esteemed Ceramics in Americaseries. . . . To celebrate this achievement, editor Rob Hunter seized upon the brilliant idea of inviting major figures in the field of ceramics study to pen thematic essays highlighting the significance of ten objects with particular meaning to them. Antiques and Arts Weekly

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ROBERT HUNTER is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and an archaeologist and ceramic historian living in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the founding director of the Center for Archaeological Research at The College of William and Mary, and served on the curatorial staff at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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