: - Homewood House Museum will examine ceramics used by the
historic house's founding family, the Carrolls, during "Taste and
Table: Ceramics in Early Maryland," an exhibition opening on
Friday, September 5, at the museum, located on the Johns Hopkins
University's Homewood campus, 3400 North Charles Street.
The opening will be marked with a reception from 5 to 7 pm on
September 5. Admission to the reception is free. A catalog is
also being published in conjunction with exhibition.
"Taste and Table: Ceramics in Early Maryland" will establish the
types of ceramic tableware used at Homewood prior to 1832.
Homewood was built by Charles Carroll as a wedding gift to his
son and daughter-in-law in 1801. Included in the exhibition will
be important ceramic objects with early Maryland histories. Many
of the ceramics were originally owned by the Paca, Chase and
Stone families, whose patriarchs, along with Carroll, were the
four Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Led by Diana Edwards Murnaghan, guest curator and ceramics
scholar, "Taste and Table: Ceramics in Maryland" will include
ceramics on loan from the Baltimore Museum of Art, Hampton
National Historic Site, Historic Annapolis Foundation, The
Londontown Foundation, Mount Clare and numerous private
collections.
Examples of Chinese export porcelain, tin-glazed earthenware,
salt-glazed stoneware, English pearlware, creamware, mocha ware,
porcelain, basaltwares and French porcelain will help illustrate
the vast array of ceramics popular in early Maryland. Ceramics
such as a set of figurines and a plateau for the dining table
from Wye House outside Easton, Md., will be highlighted
throughout Homewood House. Such objects were not only decorative
but were also intended to help inspire erudite conversation at
the dinner table.
A "Ceramics Discovery Day" symposium including gallery talks and
verbal evaluation of visitors' ceramics is being planned for
October.
Details will be posted at www.jhu.edu/historichouses. For
information, call 410-516-8647. The exhibition will be on display
through November 30. After the opening, admission to Homewood
House Museum is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and $3 for
students. Admission to view the exhibition only is $3.
