About the San Francisco Ceramic Circle

The San Francisco Ceramic Circle, now in its 36th year, is among the oldest and most respected ceramic collectors organizations in the U.S.A. and is a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in antique ceramics or ceramic art.

The S.F.C.C. is affiliated with the San Francisco Museums of Fine Art and sponsors a series of lectures on various aspects of ceramics. These are usually held in the Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honor located in Lincoln Park, San Francisco unless otherwise noted below. Sunday lectures start at 10.00 am and Thursday lectures at 8.00 pm with mini-exhibits 1/2 hour before the talks. Topics range from the earliest Oriental pottery, through the great European factories of the 18th century to Modern Studio ceramics. Talks are given by museum curators, collectors, authors and dealers who are authorities in their fields. Every 2 years the S.F.C.C. sponsors a 2 day seminar that attracts ceramic collectors from throughout the U.S.A. and beyond. The Circle also operates the S.F.C.C. Ceramics Study Center which includes a reference library adjacent to the porcelain gallery in the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

San Francisco Ceramic Circle 2008 Lecture Program

 Date

 Speaker

Lecture title

1/6/2008 Sunday 1st talk 9.30-11.15AM

Harold Nelson, Independent Curator and Researcher, Los Angeles, California

Opulent Obsessions: The Ceramic Sculpture of Ralph Bacerra

 1/6/2008 Sunday 2nd talk 11.30-1.00PM

Victor Owen, Professor of Geology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 America's first porcelain: the Bartlam potworks, Cain Hoy, South Carolina

 1/31/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM

 

John Sandon, International Director of Ceramics, Bonhams Auctioneers

 New thoughts on Bow

2/2/2008 Saturday 9.30-5.00

Seminar

The appreciation and collection of pottery and porcelain

Colin Knight: Pottery and Porcelain basics; How it was made and how to tell.
Malcolm Gutter: Collecting Guidelines and Some Words of Experience
Suzanne Strid : Where does a collector find it
John Sandon : Collecting opportunities for English and Continental Ceramics
Tom Rogers: Practically Speaking: Conservation, Record Keeping, etc.
Dessa Goddard: Collecting opportunities for Asian Ceramics
Michael Sack: Transfer printed ceramics

 3/16/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.45AM

Ethel Mussen, Collector and SFCC Board member

Collecting at the Source: New Hands in the Old Molds

4/13/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.45AM

Ronald Fuchs, Curator of the Reeves Collection at Washington and Lee
University

Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection

5/11/2008 Sunday

 SFCC Members only event: tour of a Chinese Ceramic Collection

6/28/2008 Saturday

Thomas Rogers, Curator of Collections , Filoli, Woodside

SFCC MEMBERS ONLY EVENT. Summer Social and tour of the collection at Filoli

7/17/2008 Thursday 7.00-9.45PM

SFCC Members "Pot Night"

SFCC Discussion of acquisitions

8/14/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM

To be announced

Topic to be announced

9/11/2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM

Sheila Keppel, Potter and Chinese Art Historian

Exporting a Culture: the First Chinese Ceramics to Reach the West Coast of the Americas

10/16/ 2008 Thursday 7.30-9.45PM Koret Theater deYoung Mus.

Angela Howard, Specialist, Armorial Chinese Export Porcelain, Owner Heirloom and Howard , Wiltshire, England

Understanding Heraldry on Chinese Export Porcelain

11/16/2008 Sunday 9.30-11.15AM

Maureen Cassidy Geiger

Topic to be announced

December

No program

Membership in the S.F.C.C. is open to anyone with an interest in the collection and appreciation of fine and antique porcelain or pottery or the ceramic arts. Yearly membership dues are $60.00 for individuals and $95.00 for dual membership (two persons living at the same address). Online membership Application Form. For additional information about the S.F.C.C., to apply for membership or to attend a lecture as welcome visitor write to: San Francisco Ceramic Circle, P.O. Box 15163, San Francisco, California 94115, U.S.A. or phone (415) 752 - 3830

PRIOR PROGRAMS: 2007: 2006 : 2005 : 2004 : 2003 : 2002 : 2001 : 2000 : 1999 : 1998 : 1997

USEFUL LINKS: San Francisco Museums of Fine Art (FAMSF)

FAMSF Image Base ( Detailed images including the Bowles Collection of English Porcelain and other ceramics).

SFCC recommended museums with ceramic collections Under construction: last change 5/8/2008

Links to other ceramic collectors organizations

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