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Recent Gift of Rare, Eighteenth-century English Ceramics Featured

This spring semester, students in Professor Ann Smart Martin's material culture seminar worked with Chazen Museum of Art staff to redesign the eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century English ceramics niche case between Brittingham galleries IV and V. The new installation features four recent acquisitions of rare, mid-eighteenth century Staffordshire wares gifted to the museum by alumnus Charles Vaughn. Professor Martin's class researched the new acquisitions—which include a redware punch pot, a salt-glazed teapot in the form of a camel, a leaf-form pickle dish, and an agateware figurine of a cat and kitten—and then selected additional examples of ceramics popular in Great Britain during this period from the permanent collection. The twenty-eight ceramic pieces in the case highlight a variety of forms and materials, providing an overview of the social practices and technological advances taking place in England at this time.

Learn more about the ceramics on view and visit the website created by Professor Martin's class in conjunction with this installation.

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