Painter, ceramist, couturier, and bon vivant—introducing the prolific Edith Varian Cockcroft
Heavenly earthenware at the Frick
The colorful earthenware known as faience is an especially appealing category of French ceramics. Beginning this fall, the Frick Collection is exhibiting one of the finest private collections of early faience.
Flora and fauna set the table at Winterthur
Dining by Design at Winterthur
Handle with care #5
The fifth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Handle with Care #4
The fourth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Handle with Care #3
A new installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
Ceramics dynamic
The only thing more remarkable than John Bullard’s studio pottery collection is how quickly he became a connoisseur of the field.
Handle with care #2
A new installment of our web-only column about the worlds of ceramics and glass
Handle with care
Introducing a new monthly column for aficionados of ceramics and glass.
Getting the blues: Transfer ware translated by three contemporary artists
You can only imagine what the china connoisseur in Edward Lamson Henry’s 1889 A Lover of Old China might think upon encountering a plate made by one of the three contemporary artists shown here. A Lover of Old China by Edward Lamson Henry (1841-1919), 1889. Oil on academy board, 14 by 12 inches. Shelburne Museum, Vermont. We, on the other …