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Biggin Definition According to the Getty Museum Art & Architecture Thesaurus biggins are vessels or coffee pots (vessels for serving drinks), having separate containers, often in the form of a muslin bag, in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled and usually a stand with a heating device for keeping the coffee warm.May 2012. The Story of Majolica Pottery During the second quarter of the 19th century, there was an explosion of interest in matters botanical and horticultural in Europe. The discovery of the process of plant reproduction by the botanist Robert Brown inspired English gardeners to construct greenhouses and fill them with a wonderful array of rare specimens. Minton & Company, one of Britain’s leading ceramic factories, created majolica urns, cachepots, garden seats and other fantasy pieces [...] Click here to continue reading. Chinese Dynastic Chronology Note: In general, the p4A reference database uses the Pinyin naming convention system for Chinese Terminology. Where the name varies under the Wade-Giles system p4A will present that alternative in brackets. For example: Qing [or Ch'ing] Dynasty. Neolithic Period, circa 6500 to 1700 BC Xia Dynasty, circa 2100 to 1600 BC Shang Dynasty, circa 1600 to 1100 BC Zhou [or Chou] Dynasty, circa 1100 to 256 BC Western Zhou, circa 1100 [...] Click here to continue reading. Weller Potter ‘Coppertone’ Designed by Weller ceramic artist Rudolph Lorber, the Coppertone line of pottery featuring a rich, mottled green glaze was an instant hit, and has been popular with pottery lovers ever since its introduction. First appearing in advertisements in House and Garden and House Beautiful Magazines, Weller Coppertone pottery was an almost immediate success with gardeners, collectors and decorators. Coppertone pottery was made in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and [...] Click here to continue reading. Louis Comfort Tiffany Louis Comfort Tiffany, born in New York City on February 18, 1848, was one of America’s foremost leaders of the Art Nouveau Movement. Tiffany opened his glassworks in 1885 on Long Island, New York producing a wide range of outstanding designs for lamps, windows and decorative objects. As a leading developer of new forms of art glass, L. C. Tiffany is most noted for his Favrile glass produced from 1892 into [...] Click here to continue reading. Nelson G. Hormell A native of Western Pennsylvania, Nelson G. Hormell (1832 to 1902) was a potter who moved to the village of Newport in Tuscarawas County, Ohio in the 1860′s. By the 1870′s he was producing utilitarian stoneware there, either by himself or in partnership with William Smythe. Hormell stoneware is most often marked in a cobalt script. When working alone, Hormell signed his wares N. G. Hormell; in partnership the wares are [...] Click here to continue reading. Yuhuchunping A Chinese ceramics term, yuhuchunping denotes a distinctive bottle or pear form porcelain vase. American Historical Views on Staffordshire Pottery – Cities Series From about 1830 to 1845 an unknown English potter produced a series of plates and platters decorated with views of American cities. The series comprises sixteen American views plus one each of Buenos Ayres [sic] and Quebec. Both of these foreign city examples include hollowware, as does the Louisville example, all the other city views are limited to platters and plates of various sizes. Examples [...] Click here to continue reading. Yingqing Ware Yingqing, which may be translated as “shadowy blue”, is the modern name given to a utilitarian ceramic introduced into China by the Mongols during the Song dynasty (960 to 1279). Historically called Qingbai (bluish white) ware, it was very thin translucent porcelain made by combining kaolin clay with finely ground porcelain stone. The kaolin provided a true white color for the ware and minimized shrinkage. Although the imperial court was the major [...] Click here to continue reading. The Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1911) In 1867/68 the Tokugawa shogunate era came to an end with the restoration of imperial power to the emperor Meiji (died, 1912) and the transfer of the government from Kyoto to Tokyo. The actual political power was transferred from the Tokugawa Bakufu into the hands of a small group of nobles and former samurai. Like other subjugated Asian nations, the Japanese were forced to sign unequal treaties with Western [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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