Majolica Mania
Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915
Susan Weber editor Jo Briggs editor Eleanor Hughes editor Catherine Arbuthnott editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Yale University Press
Published:24th Nov '20
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The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century
Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its subject matter reflects a range of 19th-century preoccupations, from botany and zoology to popular humor and the macabre. Majolica Mania examines the medium’s considerable impact, from wares used in domestic settings to monumental pieces at the World’s Fairs. Essays by international experts address the extensive output of the originators and manufacturers in England—including Minton, Wedgwood, and George Jones—and the migration of English craftsmen to the U.S. New research including information on important American makers in New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is also featured. Fully illustrated, the book is enlivened by new photography of pieces from major museums and private collections in the U.S. and Great Britain.
Distributed for Bard Graduate Center
Exhibition Schedule:
(September 24, 2021–January 2, 2022)
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
(February 26–July 31, 2022)
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
(October 15, 2022–February 26, 2023)
“More than 1,000 lustrous Victorian vessels appear in Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915 . . . Dozens of scholars contributed essays about ceramics makers, from central England’s venerable Wedgwood to Manhattan’s forgotten James Carr. The [majolica] designs were as majestic as fountains and fireplaces covered in dragons, and as endearingly frivolous as boots for holding toothpicks and jugs portraying baseball players.”—Eve Kahn, New York Times
“Weber and her team have produced an exceptionally well-illustrated and comprehensive database from which many new projects can grow.”—Edward S. Cooke Jr, The Burlington Magazine
ISBN: 9780300251043
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1008 pages