Ceramics in America 2023

The 2023 volume of Ceramics in America is filled with content of interest to students of American ceramics history. The articles cover a wide range of topics and regions, including ceramics made in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Virginia. Of particular importance is the analysis of a small porcelain snuff box from the so-called “A”-marked group of porcelains made in London ca. 1745 from china clay obtained in America’s Cherokee Territory. A featured essay on the remarkable ceramics of John Wesley Carpenter offers for the first time an in-depth look at this nineteenth-century potter, who worked in the back country of North Carolina and Virginia. Several articles present thematic discussions about historic ceramics made and used to promote the abolition of slavery in both America and England. The use of ceramics to effect social change continues to this day, as is illustrated in the words and works of ceramic artist David Mack of Baltimore, Maryland.Table of ContentsSouthern Hoodoo and the Dr. Peter Davis Ring BottleRobert Hunter"From Death to Life": Slavery and Emancipation in the British West Indies as Revealed on a Child's PlateDaniel S. SousaGeochemical Investigation of a Ceramic Snuff ‘A’-Mark English Porcelain Attribution confirmedW. Ross Ramsay, Howell G. M. Edwards, Errol Manners, and Ashley HowkinsEarth, Fire, and the The Emancipation of Clay for Social ChangeDavid MackHidden The Case of Elijah Lovejoy and the Production of Anti-slavery CeramicsNeil EwinsEnglish Delft for Colonial Tavern Tables in King William County and Williamsburg, VirginiaElizabeth Donison, Ned Rose and Angelika KuettnerThe Commodore, the President, and the Birth of the United States A Tale of Two Chinese Porcelain Punch BowlsAmanda Creekman Isaac and Captain Charles T. CreekmanSouvenirs of George Ohr’s Clay TokensEllen J. LippertJohn Wesley Tradition, Innovation, and Adaptation in a Shattered Post-Civil War SouthStephen ComptonAt the End of a A Stoneware Jar and Political FrustrationElyse D. Gerstenecker, Robert Hunter, and Kurt RussA Chelsea Keramic Art Works Vase with a Portrait of William Lloyd GarrisonJames Kaufman