Edited by Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation,
336 pp, illus., paperback, $60
Intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters, this interdisciplinary annual journal examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. This issue includes a review of evidence showing the use of Dutch and English delft tiles in seventeenth and eighteenth-century American fireplaces, and an examination of ceramics made to honor the accomplishments of George Washington based on the archaeological recovery of commemorative wares related to him in Alexandria, Virginia. Also in these pages, Jill Weitzman Fenichell writes on ceramics inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Mark M. Newell and Peter Lenzo discuss the archaeological evidence of African-American face jug production.
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