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Comport Definition Comport is an old term for compote. A compote is a dish with a base, stem and shallow bowl, sometimes having a lid. It may be made of glass, silver, china, porcelain or pottery. It is usally used for serving fruit, nuts, candy, or desserts. Information courtesy of Dictionary.com Ellis Wilson (1899 to 1977) In 1952, African-American artist Ellis Wilson used his prize money for winning second place at the national Terry Art Exhibition in Miami to travel to Haiti. There he found the Haitian community to be a source of inspiration and produced a colorful series of paintings. Wilson’s “Impressions of Haiti” exhibition at the New York Contemporary Arts Gallery opened in 1954 to critical acclaim. The exhibition was praised for its [...] Click here to continue reading. Nanking Chinese Export “Nanking” china was mass produced for export in the Nanking region of China though most of the 19th century. It is characterized by the use of Chinese landscapes and most especially by the “dagger and dot” border found on its wares. Most commonly found in blue and white, it is occasionally encountered in red or green. Information courtesy of Eldred’s Auction 2002 Kangxi Emperor (1654 – 1722) The Kangxi Emperor, (born May 4, 1654, died December 20, 1722) was the third Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over all of China, from 1661 to 1722. He is known as one of the greatest Chinese emperors in history. His reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning Emperor of China in history, though it should be noted that having ascended [...] Click here to continue reading. Jugendstil Movement In the late 19th century there was an artistic Renaissance in southern Germany, led by the artists and designers of the Jugendstil movement in the area around Munich. While Jugendstil artists like Arnold Bocklin are often thrown in with the French Art Nouveau artists of the same period, their art was stylistically original and focused on Germanic themes and mythology. The term “Jugendstil” originated in 1896, when it was published in the [...] Click here to continue reading. Stella Teller-Native American Potter – Isleta Besides having been featured in numerous publications and having her work as part of many prominent collections, Stella Teller has also been an award winner for her ceramics since 1978 including her latest accolade, 2nd place at Indian Market, Santa Fe in 1998. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Monteith – Definition A monteith is a large bowl with a scalloped rim so that six or eight wine glasses may be suspended by the foot, allowing the bowl of each to be chilled by the immersion in iced water before use. (The name, according to 17th-century diarist Anthony Wood, derives from the Scotsman “Monteith” who, at Oxford, during the reign of Charles II, adopted the affectation of wearing a cloak with a scalloped [...] Click here to continue reading. Lyons Co-operative Pottery Limited The Lyons, New York pottery began early in the 19th century and, circa 1850, was under the ownership of Nathan Clark, Jr., who was succeeded in 1867 by Thompson Harrington. In 1872 Jacob Fisher took over the pottery and operated it until 1902, the last individual proprietorship at the pottery. From 1902 to 1904 the pottery was operated as the Lyons Co-operative Pottery Company. From the 1850′s a variety of [...] Click here to continue reading. The Russian Imperial Porcelain Factory Founded at St. Petersburg in 1744 by the Empress Elizabeth (daughter of Peter the Great), who entrusted a German, Chistoph Konrad Hunger, then employed in Stockholm, with a written contract to ‘found in St. Petersburg a factory for making Dutch plates and pure porcelain, as it is made in Saxony’. His first firing in the kiln was a total failure, but he always found plausible excuses. Eventually he exhausted [...] Click here to continue reading. The Wiener Werkstatte The Austrian equivalent of the English Arts and Crafts Movement, the Wiener Werkstatte [VEEN-er VEHRK-shtet-teh] (German for “Vienna Workshop”) was a direct offshoot from the fin-de-siacle Vienna Secession. Together, Josef Hoffmann (1870 to 1956) and Koloman Moser founded the Wiener Werkstatte Produktiv-Gemeinschaft von Kunsthandwerken, Wien (the Viennese Workshop and Production Cooperative of Art Works in Vienna) in 1903 as an association of artists and craftspeople working together to manufacture fashionable household [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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