Hunter, Robert and Ronald W. Fuchs II — Ceramics in America 2020

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chipstone Foundation, 2020. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ copper cloth spine, white printing. 197 pgs w/ color illustrations. pictorial & blue heavy paper dustjacket. The 2020 volume of Ceramics in America is a celebration of the depth and diversity of ceramics in the American context. Beautifully illustrated articles explore the use of clay from the most basic building bricks to refined earthenwares promoting the political and economic issues of the American Revolution. Of special interest is the origin of the ceramic manufacturing spark in America, looking at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia cited by historians and connoisseurs as the height of recognition of achievement for ceramic production in the United States. The archaeological discovery of rare “black delft” teapot fragments from Charleston’s Drayton Hall is recounted in an exciting collector’s narrative. Other articles will include a profile of North Carolina potter David Stuempfle who continues the old-age tradition of producing wood fired stoneware, a study of Thomas Jefferson’s Chinese porcelain, and Pueblo pottery collected by a German Museum in the early twentieth century.--Amazon. VG+ (bumping to spine ends; light scuffs, scratches to cloth. dustjacket has scuffs & edge-wear) .