San Francisco Ceramic Circle March Meeting
"VICTORIAN MAJOLICA WARES"
The March meeting of the San Francisco Ceramic Circle will
be held on Thursday, 26th March beginning at 7.30pm in the Florence
Gould Theater at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park,
San Francisco. Entrance is by the West Terrace doors. The lecture
will start at 8.00pm.
Our speaker will be Nicholas Dawes, Vice President of Special
Projects at Sotheby's, New York and his subject will be "Victorian
Majolica Wares".
The mini-exhibit will be "Victorian Majolica and related
ceramics" Set up is at 7.30pm
About the lecture:
The prices currently commanded by good examples of Victorian
Majolica attest to the popularity and demand for these highly
colored, translucent enamelled ceramics that were an integral
part of life and decoration in the second half of the 19th century.
Mr. Dawes will present a chronological survey of Majolica production
in England between 1850 and 1890 by major manufacturers including
Wedgwood, Minton and George Jones and discuss the work of leading
designers and the manufacturing techniques used in relation to
contemporary culture, Revivalism and the Progressive Design Movement.
Mr. Dawes will also touch on Continental and American Majolica,
identification of examples and modern collecting of Victorian
majolica. He will also comment on examples brought to the lecture
for discussion .
About our speaker:
Mr. Dawes developed an early interest in ceramics while growing
up "in the trade" in Enland and has spent over 25 years
in the Antiques and Auction businesses. He came to the U.S. in
1979 as head of Decorative Arts for Phillips Auctioneers, New
York. He subsequently spent 15 years as an independent Antiques
dealer, writer and Auction consultant prior to joining Sotheby's,
New York last Fall as Vice President of Special Projects. He has
written two standard refrerence books "Lalique Glass"
(1986) and "Majolica" (1989). He is a regular contributor
to magazines and periodicals, teaches Decorative Art History and
frequently lectures on Ceramics and the Decorative Arts.