Punch bowl dated 1760.
Saltglaze, stoneware. The bowl's interior reads, "Success to
the Friendship, Capt. Pierce," while three scenes grace the
exerior.
DEERFIELD, MASS. - Historic Deerfield's renowned collection of
ceramics will be the featured loan exhibition at the 2003 New
York Ceramics Fair in New York City, January 16-19, at the
National Academy of Design on Fifth Avenue. The fair, which
attracted more than 6,000 visitors in 2002, will feature the
inventories of some of America and Britain's premier ceramics
dealers. The loan exhibition, ": Ceramics From The Historic
Deerfield Collection" will be curated by Amanda E. Lange, the
museum's associate curator and a ceramics, silver and glass
specialist.
"Tea Pots, Tygs and Toasts: Ceramics From The Historic Deerfield
Collections" will feature 35 objects ranging from Chinese export
porcelain to New England redware. It is the first time that a
significant grouping of ceramics has been shown away from the
museum.
Outstanding objects on view will include an early Eighteenth
Century Dutch delft monteith decorated with painted images of
spraying fountains and drinking cherubs. A Chinese export
porcelain teapot adorned with the emblem of the Society of the
Cincinnati which was made for Dr David Townsend of Boston, and a
1760 English salt glazed stoneware punch bowl personalized for
Captain Peirce of the ship, Friendship, are also among the
rare objects included in the loan show. Groupings of teapots,
punch bowls, delftwares and slip-decorated earthenwares will be
accompanied by a brochure detailing the historical and social
significance of objects on view.
During the Ceramics Fair, two members of the Historic Deerfield
staff will present talks about the museum's extensive ceramics
collection. Associate curator Amanda E. Lange will speak on the
topic "Posset Pots, Punch Bowls and Puzzle Jugs: Ceramics at
Historic Deerfield," and director emeritus and Senior Research
Fellow Donald Friary will lecture on "'One Bowl More and then':
Punch Drinking in Colonial America." Friary's lecture title is
inspired by a toast in the bottom of one of Historic Deerfield's
delftware punch bowls.
Historic Deerfield is no stranger to Americana Week in New York.
In 1998 masterworks from the museum's ceramics, textiles and
costume, furniture and silver collections were selected to form
the centerpiece loan exhibition at the Winter Antiques Show, this
country's premier showcase for Americana dealers. "Historic
Deerfield: Collection for a New England Village" revived the
tradition of featuring an exhibition from a major museum of
American decorative arts as the centerpiece of the 49-year-old
show.
For information about Historic Deerfield's participation in
the New York Ceramics Fair, contact Amanda E. Lange at
413-775-7206 or lange@historicdeerfield.org.
