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ANNUALAPPRAISAL DAY
The Stratham Historical Soci-
ety will hold its 26th annual
Spring Appraisal Day—affec-
tionately known to its members
as the “Stratham Road Show”—
on Sunday, April 9, from 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m. or until all guests are
served. The event will be held
in the Morgera Room of the
Stratham Fire Station (4 Win-
nicutt Road), located behind the
historical society, at the corner
of Portsmouth Avenue and Win-
nicutt Road in Stratham, New
Hampshire.
Attendees will have the oppor-
tunity to learn the value and
history of their heirlooms and
treasures. Highly respected New
England appraisers will be avail-
able to give verbal appraisals for
each item. These professionals
are experts in appraising a vari-
ety of antiques and collectibles,
including furniture, works of art,
jewelry, military memorabilia,
photographs, china, glass, etc. A
photo of large items may suffice
for evaluation.
A fee of $5 is charged for
one item, $8 for two items, and
$15 for five items (maximum).
The proceeds of the day’s event
will go toward maintaining the
society’s collections and other
related expenses. For further
information, call (603) 772-4955
or (603) 778-0434.
CERAMICS AND GLASS 101
Ceramics and Glass 101, a
one-day hands-on workshop
geared toward continuing edu-
cation credits for appraisers, will
be held Friday, May 12, at Jef-
frey S. Evans & Associates, Inc.
in Mt. Crawford, Virginia.
While appraising can some-
times include working with pres-
tigious artists’works and upscale
decorative arts, many estates and
collections are heterogeneous
in nature and comprise a broad
range of materials, including
ceramics and glass. By the end
of the workshop, each attendee
should possess the knowledge
to identify a broad range of
glass and ceramics, the skills for
appropriate handling, examina-
tion, and condition assessment
of the material, valuable points
as well as resources for recog-
nizing fakes and reproductions,
and a general understanding of
rarity and value.
Intended as a workshop for
appraisers, the workshop is open
to interested individuals looking
to learn more about ceramics
and glass. However, registration
will be open first to apprais-
ers through March 17, and
then open to the general public
through May 3, when registra-
tion will close. Registration will
be limited to 35 people. The cost
is $165 for appraisal association
members and $195 for the gen-
eral public.
tion information, schedule, and
speaker biographies.
NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE
RADIO CLUB
The New England Antique
Radio Club (NEARC) will pre-
sent RADIO XLVIII (48) on
Sunday, March 5, from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m., at its new location, the
Event Center at the Courtyard
Marriott, 2200 Southwood Drive
(Route 3 exit 8), Nashua, New
Hampshire. This event had been
held at the Westford Regency
in Westford, Massachusetts,
for the previous 15 years, but it
has been moved to the bigger,
recently remodeled Marriott
Event Center.
This year marks NEARC’s
29th anniversary, and this is
its biggest event of the year.
RADIO East was started back
in 1977 by the Greater Boston
Antique Radio Collectors and
had become the largest antique
radio show on the entire East
Coast, drawing over 500 people
most years! NEARC took over
the RADIO series five years ago
and plans for this event to stay
the biggest antique radio show
and flea market-style event on
the entire East Coast.
This is a family event, and
with one $10 adult admission,
spouse and children under 18 are
free from 8 to 11 a.m. The event
is free for everyone from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. There will be hourly
free drawings of interesting
antique radios and other items
(you must be present to win).
There is free onsite parking. The
show is guaranteed to run rain or
shine.
The Marriott is offering spe-
cial rates for RADIO. Standard
rooms are only $99 plus tax,
and suite rooms are only $129
plus tax. Five handicap-accessi-
ble rooms are available. Call the
Marriott at (603) 880-9100 and
ask for the “Special RADIO 48
Rate.”
Anyone interested in old
radios and communication
devices (cathedrals, consoles,
transistor sets, amateur radio,
amplifiers, tube hi-fi, television,
communications, telegraphs,
Enigma, radio literature, etc.) is
welcome to attend. With over
100 tables and 60-plus dealers, it
is impossible to guess what will
show up.
NEARC has over 400 mem-
bers. It sponsors three major
antique radio flea markets a year
and publishes the periodical
Radio News four times a year. If
you are interested in becoming
a member, visit NEARC’s web-
site ). For addi-
tional information or details, call
president Bruce Phillips at (603)
772-7516.
THE NEWWORLD
DISCOVERS ASIA
On Monday, March 6, the
Greenwich DecorativeArts Soci-
ety will present “Made in Amer-
icas: The New World Discovers
Asia,” a lecture by Dennis Carr,
the Carolyn and Peter Lynch
Curator of American Decorative
Arts and Sculpture, Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, Massachu-
setts. The lecture will begin at
1:15 p.m. at the Bruce Museum
in Greenwich, Connecticut, with
refreshments immediately fol-
lowing the lecture.
The Americas became a major
destination for objects made in
Asia beginning in the 16th cen-
tury. Asian influences can be
found as far apart as Boston and
Peru. This lecture will examine
the profound influence ofAsia on
the arts of the colonial Americas
by exploring how craftsmen
across North, Central, and South
America adapted Asian styles
in a range of media—from fur-
niture to silverwork, textiles,
ceramics, and painting.
Admission for nonmembers of
the Greenwich Decorative Arts
Society is $25. Space is limited.
Reservations are required for
members and guests by Feb-
ruary 27. For reservations and
call (203) 322-2967.
FUNDING FOR THE
STUDY OF BRITISH
TRANSFERWARE
The Transferware Collectors
Club, a U.S.-based international
nonprofit organization dedicated
to the study of British transfer-
ware, is pleased to welcome
applications for the 2017 Paul
and Gladys Richards Charita-
ble Foundation Research Grant
Program for the study of British
transferware.
Launched in 2009, the Rich-
ards Research Grant Program is
dedicated to supporting research
focused on British transferware
produced between 1750 and
1900. Annual funding for this
program remains at $10,000. To
date, the program has funded 20
projects. A summary of winning
proposals from previous years is
available on the club’s website.
All grant applications must be
received by May 4 of the year
the request is made. Application
forms are available for down-
DAVID B. WARREN
SYMPOSIUM
The sixth biennial David B.
Warren Symposium on Amer-
ican Material Culture and
the Texas Experience will be
held February 24 and 25 at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
The 2017 theme is “Traditions
in Transition: Change and Mate-
rial Culture in 19th-Century
Texas, the Lower South, and the
Southwest.”
To honor Bayou Bend’s
founding director emeritus and
his passion for American mate-
rial culture, the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston established the
David B. Warren Symposium,
presented biennially since 2007.
Each symposium develops a dif-
ferent aspect of the overall theme
of American material culture and
the Texas experience.
The keynote address, “The
Paintings of Hermann Lungk-
witz as a Type of Texas Material
Culture” by Kenneth Hafertepe,
chair of the museum studies
department, Baylor University,
will be held at 6 p.m. on Febru-
ary 24 in the Brown Auditorium
Theater.
The agenda on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 25, will include a welcome
and opening remarks, two morn-
ing presentations, a lunch break,
two afternoon presentations, and
a reception.
At the conclusion of the sym-
posium, attendees are invited to
join the speakers for light refresh-
ments at Bayou Bend. The house,
including the Texas Room,
will be open for the reception.
Shuttle buses will be available
from the MFAH to Bayou Bend
and back, or guests may use their
own transportation.
Tickets are $30 for MFAH
members, $35 for nonmembers,
and $15 for students (with ID).
The price will include a box
lunch on Saturday.
For more information, call
IDENTIFYING
THE QUAKER
CABINETMAKERS OF
EARLYAMERICA
The Museum of Early South-
ern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
will present its biennial furni-
ture seminar on March 24 and
25. This year’s seminar is titled
“Friendly Furniture: Identify-
ing the Quaker Cabinetmakers
of Early America.” The semi-
nar will be held in the James A.
Gray, Jr. Auditorium in the Old
Salem visitor center at 900 Old
Salem Road, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
This year’s seminar will be a
subject of national significance
not examined carefully since
the book Quaker Aesthetics by
Emma Jones Lapsansky and
Anne A. Verplanck was pub-
lished in 2002. This seminar will
examine the various Quaker con-
nections in early American cab-
inetmaking from New England
to Pennsylvania and down the
Great Wagon Road into Virginia
and North Carolina.
Hands-on woodworking
demonstrations led by Ben
Hobbs and Mary May will focus
on furniture carving throughout
the Quaker network of cabinet-
makers from North to South.
May will demonstrate the carv-
ing style of the Goddard and
Townsend families in Newport,
Rhode Island, and Hobbs will
examine their influence on carv-
ing by the Quaker cabinetmaker
Thomas White of coastal North
Carolina.
The program will begin at
12:30 p.m. on Friday, March
24, and conclude at 4 p.m. on
Saturday.
Presentations will include the
keynote lecture “Faith and Fam-
ily Intertwined: The Townsend
and Goddard Workshops of
Newport, Rhode Island” by Den-
nis Carr, the Carolyn and Peter
Lynch Curator of American
Decorative Arts and Sculpture,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts; “Superfluity and
Excess?: Quakers and Their Fur-
niture in Early Philadelphia,” to
be presented by Alexandra Kirt-
ley, the Montgomery-Garvan
Curator of American Decorative
Arts, Philadelphia Museum of
Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylva-
nia; “Inlaid Quaker Furniture of
Southeastern Pennsylvania,” by
Lisa Minardi, assistant curator,
Winterthur Museum, Garden
and Library, Winterthur, Dela-
ware; “Friends in High Places:
Quaker Furniture Makers in
Virginia’s Northern Shenandoah
Valley,” to be presented by Nick
Powers, curator of collections,
Museum of the Shenandoah Val-
ley, Winchester, Virginia; “Faith,
Family, and Friends: The Quaker
Furniture of North Carolina’s
Cane Creek Settlement,” by
June Lucas, director of research,
Old Salem Museums & Gar-
dens, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; and “Friendly Furni-
ture: The Quaker Cabinetmak-
ers of Guilford County, North
Carolina, 1775-1825,” presented
by Robert Leath, chief curator,
vice president, collections and
research, Old SalemMuseums &
Gardens, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
Preregistration is required.
Registration for the full seminar
costs $300 for nonmembers and
$285 for Frank L. Horton Soci-
ety members, and includes all
workshops, lectures, and materi-
als, Friday dinner, and Saturday
lunch. Registration for full pro-
gram is limited to 75. For Friday
keynote lecture with dinner and
Saturday lectures only, the costs
are $225 for nonmembers and
$215 for Frank L. Horton Soci-
ety members.
To register or for information,
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call (336) 721-7369, or e-mail
<mesdaprograms@oldsalem.
org>.
Chest-on-frame,
Henry Macy (1773-
1846), Guilford
County, North
Carolina, 1800-20,
walnut, poplar.
Courtesy Museum
of Early Southern
Decorative Arts,
Old Salem Muse-
ums & Gardens,
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.