Sunday, July 26, 2009

Ceramics in America - Back Issues



Back issue of Ceramics in America are available from the Antiques Collector's Club www.antique-acc.com.  Many of the articles are also online at www.chipstone.org.

Monday, July 20, 2009

Dutch Delft in America


  
Most delft from Colonial American archaeological sites is of English origin, at least after 1660. A recent discovery of several large Dutch punchbowls from the site of Rosewell in Gloucester, Virginia has now provided definitive proof of this material being used in the Chesapeake region in the 1690-1710 period.


An example of a Dutch dish with similar painting to the punchbowl fragments illustrated above.