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One of the nest
Japanese ceramic and
teaware collections
in private hands.
Over 100 museum
quality pieces.
Call (313) 418-5686
ELINOR PENNA
P.O. Box 324, Old Westbury, N.Y. 11568
(800) 294-0324
Two extra large 19th c. dog head stirrup cups,
one a hound and the other a pug.
The YORK Antiques Show dates
are easy to remember, May 6 & 7,
because it is Kentucky Derby weekend.
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April 26-30, 2017
FAN ASSOCIATION OF
NORTH AMERICA
Members of the Fan Associa-
tion of North America (FANA),
a national collector’s group of
hand fan enthusiasts, will be cre-
ating their own breezes as they
hold their annual conference at
the Cambria Hotel and Suites
on the Magnificent Mile in Chi-
cago, Illinois, from April 26 to
30. Fan lovers from across the
country and beyond will have
many opportunities to view and
learn about historic and stylish
hand fans during the four-day
conference.
Highlights of the meeting
will include viewing exquisite
fans from the collections of the
Art Institute of Chicago, the
Field Museum, and the Chicago
History Museum. Lectures on
Imperial China treasures, ivory
and the law, and lace fans will
be held, and the use of fans in
Tai Chi will be demonstrated.
In addition, a members’ fan sale
will offer extraordinary antique
fans, along with other unusual
and interesting fans in all price
ranges, which will be followed
WICA 2017 CONVENTION
The White Ironstone China
Association (WICA) will hold
its 23rd annual convention from
May 4 to 7 at the Embassy Suites
in East Syracuse, New York.
To start the weekend, there will
be a convention welcome meet-
ing on the evening of Friday,
May 5. This will welcome any
newcomers to the convention
and give everyone time to recon-
nect with friends. Following this
event, the Embassy Suites will
offer complimentary drinks and
snacks at the evening reception.
The guest speakers this year
will be Jacqueline Beaudry and
Jean-Pierre Dion from Canada.
Beaudry has been director of
an art gallery for 20 years, and
Dion has been a professor at the
Université du Québec in Mon-
treal for 30 years. Both have an
interest in Canadian ceramics.
They will speak on whiteware
of the 19th century in Canada. In
addition, Mary Eikenhorst will
display Canadian and English-
made white ironstone that was
potted for the Canadian market.
Come and join us for a week-
end of information and several
chances to purchase some very
nice pieces of white ironstone
china. You must be a member
to attend. To join, please visit
The sale to be held on Sunday,
May 7, from 9 to 10 a.m. will be
the only event that will be open
to the public.
lecture entitled “Beneath the
Surface: A Glimpse at Ceramic
Artifacts from Thomas Jeffer-
son’s Monticello.” She will dis-
cuss ceramic use at Monticello
and the wide variety of domestic
and imported wares found across
the plantation, highlighting the
role that archaeology plays in
understanding the acquisition of
these ceramics by the Jeffersons
and by the enslaved population.
Rob Hunter, editor of Ceram-
ics in America, will return to
speak after many years’ hiatus.
His topic is “Does Ceramic
History Matter? An Evaluation
of Ceramics in America.” The
presentation will review many
of the highlights from 17 years
of the journal and outline direc-
tions for the next decade of
much-needed research.
Deborah Miller, archaeol-
ogist, AECOM, and Brenda
Hornsby-Heindl, ceramics head
at Jeffrey S. Evans & Asso-
ciates, will present “Family,
Form and Functionality: Potters
and Pottery from Washington
County, Virginia.” They will
discuss pottery made along the
Great Road, where potters in the
mountains and valleys of South-
west Virginia captured the spirit
of American ingenuity through
the rich pottery traditions of the
area.
Hal and Eleanor Pugh, pro-
prietors of New Salem Pottery,
Randleman, North Carolina,
will speak about “Quakers: The
Muted Potters of Influence.”
They will explore the Quaker
potters of North Carolina and
the interrelationship of religion,
family, marriage, and appren-
ticeship. Dish Camp is never
complete without a demonstra-
tion, and the Pughs will demon-
strate wheel throwing, pipe
making, and slip decoration.
Andrew Richmond, presi-
dent of Wipiak Consulting and
Appraisals, will talk about “Pot-
ters and Pottery and Things That
Go: Production, Trade, and Con-
sumption in 19th-Century Ohio
(and Beyond).” He will discuss
the opening of the Northwest
Territory in 1788 and how that
brought waves of immigrants,
including potters, from all points
in America and beyond, as well
as how the vast river system in
the land that would become Ohio
made it a prime spot for potters,
and how the development of
canals and railroads contributed
to increased market connectivity.
Jonathan Rickard, a scholar
and collector who worked with
Don Carpentier to found Dish
Camp 21 years ago, will speak
on “Dipped Ware Discoveries,”
reviewing what we have learned
about the manufacture and dis-
tribution of dipped ware (a.k.a.
mocha) over the last 20 years.
Scott Penpraze of Historic
Eastfield Foundation will be
on hand to give a tour of Don
Carpentier’s pottery shop and
demonstrate the production of
molded and thrown wares.
Ahearthside dinner is included
in the weekend, and it is always
a fun and delicious occasion.
Food prepared from early
19th-century recipes is served in
the Briggs Tavern, and there is
often some singing and dancing
for entertainment (sort of a Dish
Camp talent show), so bring
your voices and your guitars.
Dish Camp continues to be a
unique experience. Students at
EastfieldVillage have come from
as far as London and Alaska, as
well as from all over the U.S. and
Canada. Museum professionals
representing large institutions
such as Williamsburg, Coopers-
town, Sturbridge, Upper Canada
Village, and numerous other res-
torations and museum facilities
have also studied at Eastfield
Village. The mixture of novices,
whose interests are their own old
houses, and museum profession-
als, who are looking to expand
their special skills, provides a
dynamic opportunity to learn.
The lure of Eastfield is more
than its curriculum. Students
who take the classes at the vil-
lage are encouraged to live there
during their courses. This offers
a special opportunity to under-
stand the daily lives and work of
the tradesmen of the preindus-
trial age. Meals may be cooked
in the late 18th-century kitchens.
Accommodations are rope beds
with straw and feather ticks.
Eastfield offers an opportunity
to be with others—students and
teachers—of similar interests.
Most evenings there are gath-
erings in the Briggs Tavern and
lively conversations in front of a
warm fireplace.
Registration is on a “first
come-first served” basis. The
fee for Dish Camp is $465 and
may be paid via Eastfield’s Pay-
to Eastfield Village, Box 465,
Nassau, NY 12123. Please make
checks payable to the Historic
Eastfield Foundation. A non-
refundable deposit of 50% of
the tuition must accompany the
registration, and the remainder
must be received by Eastfield
no later than three weeks prior
to the commencement of the
workshops, or the registrants
will lose their space in class and
their deposit. No refunds will be
given after six weeks prior to
that particular workshop. East-
field reserves the right to cancel
any workshop.
by a fun charity fan auction to
benefit FANA’s educational out-
reach efforts.
FANA welcomes new mem-
bers who may join by visiting
annual meeting, member bene-
fits include the FANA newslet-
ter and the FANA journal. Also
check out our discussions on
Facebook at “Hand Fan Col-
lectors.” For further informa-
tion, contact Kathryn Hanna at
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call (952) 200-9727.
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THE CHINESE POTTERS’
PALETTE
On Monday, April 10, the Con-
necticut Ceramics Study Circle
will present “The Magic of Fire:
The Chinese Potters’ Palette,”
a three-part seminar by Robert
D. Mowry, the Alan J. Dworsky
Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. The seminar will
be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
at The Bruce Museum in Green-
wich, Connecticut.
Mowry’s three illustrated lec-
tures will explore the origins of
the color palette developed by
Chinese potters over many cen-
turies, as well as the many beau-
tiful manifestations in objects of
beauty and usefulness.
The first lecture will be “From
Black and Brown to Celadon:
Iron Oxide and Its Magic.” By
mass, iron occurs naturally in
soil and clay and was easily dis-
covered as a ceramic coloring
agent. Chinese potters quickly
learned to create celadon, or pale
bluish-green, glazes.
The second lecture will be
“From Royal to Navy: Cobalt
in Its Glory.” Cobalt entered
the repertory of ceramic color-
ing agents in the Tang Dynasty
(618-907), but widespread
use occurred during the Yuan
Dynasty (1279-1368), when pot-
ters at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi prov-
ince, began to use it to embellish
porcelain vessels, creating blue-
and-white ware.
The third lecture will be “See-
ing Red: Copper Glazes from
Peach Bloom to Sang de Boeuf.”
Although used in making bronze
during the earlier Shang Dynasty
(c. 1600 B.C. - c. 1050 B.C.),
copper was not used as a ceramic
coloring agent until the Han
Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220). In
the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911),
potters revived interest in under-
glaze painting in copper red and
achieved success with pieces
whose painted designs boast per-
fect color, fine lines, and hard
edges.
Admission for members is $95;
for students with valid ID and
members of ceramics organiza-
tions, $110; and for nonmembers,
$135. A gourmet box lunch will
be provided. Space is limited.
For reservations and infor-
mation, contact via e-mail at
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call (203) 863-9655, or visit the
website ).