A diverse range of essays, new discoveries and book reviews on the latest research of interest to ceramic scholars.

Now in its eight year of publication, Ceramics in America is considered the journal of record for historical ceramics scholarship in the American context and is intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters. This volume of Ceramics in America features articles on eighteenth-century New York and New Jersey salt-glazed stoneware, a fascinating ceramic cargo from the "Blue China" wreck, nineteenth-century ceramic consumption patterns in the Anglo-American merchant trade, and commemorative ceramics made for the 1907, 1957, and 2007 anniversaries of the founding off Jamestown, Virginia. Included are many additional articles detailing important new discoveries in the ceramic field and scholarly reviews of recently published ceramic books.

Endorsements:

"In design and production, in perfect photography and meticulous scholarship, Ceramics in America sets the standard for research on material culture in the United States."—Henry Glassie, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University

"With gorgeous illustrations and keen insights from leading ceramic historians, collectors, and archaeological colleagues, Ceramics in America is truly the sort of treasure that archaeologists seek."—Mary C. Beaudry, Department of Archaeology, Boston University

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Editor ROBERT HUNTER is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and an archaeologist and ceramic historian living in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the founding director of the Center for Archaeological Research at The College of William and Mary, and served on the curatorial staff at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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