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Exhibition Review

Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915

04/2022 | 1429 | 164

Pages: 411-414

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Reviewer:

Cooke, Edward S. (Cooke, Edward S.)

Subjects

art literature:

Exhibition catalogues

museums and institutions:

Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, Great Britain / Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, United States / Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, United States

subjects:

Majolica / Ceramics / Pottery / Earthenware / British art / American art / Minton Porcelain Factory / Wedgwood porcelain / Worcester Porcelain Factory

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915 Edited by Susan Weber, with Catherine Arbuthnott, Jo Briggs, Eleanor Hughes, Earl Martin and Laura Microulis. 3 vols, 1,008 pp. incl. 1,200 col. + b. & w. ills. (Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, and the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2021), $300. ISBN 978–0–300–25104–3. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

13. Pedestal and jardinière, by George Jones & Sons, Stoke-on-Trent. Designed c.1880. Earthenware with majolica glazes and metal, height 112.9 cm. (English Collection).

Attributed works:

14. Peacock, designed by Paul Comoléra for Minton & Co. Designed c.1873, made 1876. Earthenware with majolica glazes, height 152 cm. (English Collection).

Attributed works:

15. ‘Japonica’ teaware and jugs, by D.F. Haynes & Co., Chesapeake Pottery, Baltimore. c.1882–86. Earthenware with majolica glazes, sugar bowl: 12.1 by 14.7 by 11 cm.; creamer: 9 by 12 by 10 cm.; teapot: 16 by 18.5 by 13 cm.; tall jug: 18.4 by 15 by 11 cm.; and small jug: 14 by 11 by 8.5 cm. (Private collection).

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